Worse still, some lunkhead tried, maybe succeeded, to pass legislation that made it illegal for regular citizens from owning bulletproof vests, etc. The argument was, “Why would a citizen need that? Unless they planned on being somewhere that had bullets flying.”
Some guy at the range asked me to pop a hole in a plate with a steel core 7.62x54r at 50 feet.
It did not even dent it.
Dunno what that stuff was but WOW.
The dufus should have warned me it was armor plate though.
I guess some laws are in place preventing armor use.
http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/criminal-offense/when-its-illegal-to-own-a-bullet-proof-vest