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Old 12-17-2010, 07:29 AM
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I dont know anything about buying body armor, but if you have the money, could you get it legally? or do you have to jump through some hoops like with guns?
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Old 12-17-2010, 12:03 PM
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I dont know anything about buying body armor, but if you have the money, could you get it legally? or do you have to jump through some hoops like with guns?
It's really, really expensive
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Old 12-17-2010, 03:25 PM
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I dont know anything about buying body armor, but if you have the money, could you get it legally? or do you have to jump through some hoops like with guns?
At one point, I was thinking about buying a vest, not because I need it or expect to use it, but because I thought it might be fun to own. The type I wanted was a Platinum AA301, which is a popular vest worn by cops (it's also the type worn by Benicio Del Toro and Ryan Phillipe's characters in "Way of the Gun", during the final shootout).

I found out that I could buy the vest itself (minus the Spectra Shield A350 plates) online with no problem, the plates if I had no criminal background. Problem is, it would have cost $600, and that was for a used vest. I didn't have that kind of money (this was a few months after I bought my AR-15), and even if I did, I decided that there were better things to spend it on.

Also, I should point out that there are plenty of airsoft retailers that sell vests, but not with real plates. I used to own a Pantac vest with fake (plastic) plates that I got from Red Wolf years ago, which I wore underneath my web gear in skirmishes.
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Old 12-17-2010, 04:00 PM
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A place around here sells body armour, but you may have to be a LEO to buy one from them
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Re: the Closer episode,

Maybe the original script laid out how the boys got their equipment, but got cut down due to time or flow. Maybe a lengthy scene explaining the various loops and taxes involved just got edited down to "we bought them at the mall."
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Re: the Closer episode,

Maybe the original script laid out how the boys got their equipment, but got cut down due to time or flow. Maybe a lengthy scene explaining the various loops and taxes involved just got edited down to "we bought them at the mall."
Or maybe the writer is a dumbass who doesn't know the first thing about guns and body armor
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Also a possibility.
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Also a possibility.
"Possibility"? I'd say it's dead-on.
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"Possibility"? I'd say it's dead-on.
I'm just saying, A) there are many steps from coming up with plot and getting it in front a camera, and B) it's a 44 minute show, explaining the intricacies of federal gun law may mess up the pacing a bit.

And even if it was mere ignorance, it's ignorance, and not some conspiracy against the 2nd Amendment. Besides, I'm shocked, *shocked,* that the mainstream media would spread misinformation about gun ownership.
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I'm just saying, A) there are many steps from coming up with plot and getting it in front a camera, and B) it's a 44 minute show, explaining the intricacies of federal gun law may mess up the pacing a bit.

And even if it was mere ignorance, it's ignorance, and not some conspiracy against the 2nd Amendment. Besides, I'm shocked, *shocked,* that the mainstream media would spread misinformation about gun ownership.
Agreed, ignorance is ignorance. I never said it was a conspiracy. I'm not that type of person.
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