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It's illegal for felons to possess body armor. It's illegal to receive stolen government property. If you are not a felon, you can possess and wear any legally obtained set of body armor. Heck, if you want you can put on your legally obtained body armor and go through a TSA screening point because there are no rules against civilian non-felons flying on commercial aircraft while wearing body armor. That said, many body armor manufacturers make their distributors sign agreements to only sell their products to MIL/LEO customers for who knows what reasons. I suspect that one reason is to limit the liability of potential sales to felons who could use the body armor for unlawful purposes. -Randy |
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double_r76 is correct. +1 any civy can wear, buy or sell body armor. no problems. now, i think he ment using armor during a felony is unlawfull. i dont' know about being a convicted/released felon buying using body armor. I know many security guards, EMS people that wear armor. good luck finding some, but stay away from the Point Blank Ultima line.. they have had issues with that line. i had to turn mine in and get new  unfortuneatly it is heavier . but still lighter than the set i got 15 years ago!!
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Bloodhound_K-9, thanks for pointing that out, I should have specified for clarity... California state law says that felons cannot possess body armor. My response was specific to Blueberry556 because that is where his location is listed. Federal law states that "it shall be unlawful for a person to purchase, own, or possess body armor, if that person has been convicted of a felony that is a crime of violence". 18 USC Part I, Ch. 44, Sec 931. ETA: In addition, I think some states' laws can include additional criminal charges if body armor is used in the commission of a crime. |
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If you want Body armor (or 50 BMGs for that matter) I suggest buying it NOW, while it is still legal to do so. You never know when some jackass in govenrment somewhere is going to jump on the "not for civvies" bandwagon and make it illegal. I'm not saying that is the talk going around right now, but why take the chance? |
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