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- From: staggers@cup.hp.com (Ken Staggers)
- Subject: Re: Lightweight bullet-proof vests illegal?
- Sender: news@cup.hp.com (News Admin)
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:03:16 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.172539.19384@fuug.fi>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard
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- an8130@anon.penet.fi (an8130@anon.penet.fi) wrote:
-
- : I'm in the market to purchase a lightweight bulletproof vest (downtown
- : in the U.S. city I live in can get pretty rough, but I don't want to
- : be burdened down by a heavy bullet-proof vest).
-
- : The guy in the next office tells me that the lightweight bullet-proof
- : vests are illegal except for police, secret service, etc (cuz they
- : don't want criminals to be immune to police bullets, etc).
-
- : Can anyone verify this? Is it illegal:
-
- There was a company in New York City about a year ago (made all the wire
- services) that were selling designer bullet proof vests for CHILDREN!
- I dont know what the classification is for lightweight or heavyweight is,
- but they couldnt have been that heavy on the 6 year old kid I saw modelling
- one of them.
-
- --Ken
-