Proposed NY Law Outlaws Body Armor

[johndoe3]

Those fun-loving legislators in the New York legislature determined in their minds that only the police need body armor; and anyone else with body armor is a would-be criminal. If passed (with no grandfather clause), the first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and second offense a Class E felony. If passed and signed into law, the effective date would be 60 days after signed, then peons would have 15 days to turn in or dispose of any body armor. I suppose this would apply to any people visiting or passing through New York.

If you care to read the proposed Bill, the link is below(PDF).

http://ad2004.com/bodyarmor.pdf

[whiterussian1974]

Whenever I hear about proposals like this (or GTA 1934) I always wonder how this would be applied if they followed through with this concept of outlawing safety devices.

NY and CA outlawing air bags and car seats? $500 Tax Stamp and 1 yr waiting list PER seatbelt restraint, helmets, car bumpers?

[noname]

A little bit off topic but still on body armor: At a gun show a couple years ago, a vendor had these for sale. I did not buy but found out later body armor has an expiration date like milk. Probably says "best by ?/?/??".

[whiterussian1974]

It depends upon the material. But yes, some degrade over 10+ yrs.
Carbide plates don't degrade. And I'm still wearing the Armor that I bought back in the late 1990s. Fortunately, I haven't been shot yet.