Posted: 4/9/2012 5:07:03 PM EDT
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Gents,
Was perusing an ad for ESAPI plates on another forum. Seller had the following fine print in ad. "I will not sell this to you if you are a felon, unable to own a firearm, or are in CT or NY. I know CT prohibits non-face-to-face transfers of body armor unless between military or police, and last I heard NY is also considering a similar law, so to be safe I am not selling there either." An exhaustive search of the interwebz has revealed nothing concerning such a proposed law, so I turn to you, the NY HTF. Is there anything in the offing regarding body armor sales in NYS? |
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I just so happen to have the NYS penal law in front of me with the most recent inserts.
270.20 Unlawful wearing of a body vest. 1. A person is guilty of the unlawful wearing of a body vest when acting either alone or with one or more other person he commits any violent felony offense defined in section 70.02 while possessing a firearm, rifle or shotgun and in the course of and in furtherance of such crime he wears a body vest. 2. For the purposes of this section a "body vest" means a bullet-resistant soft body armor providing, as a minimum standard, the level of protection known as threat level I which shall mean at least seven layers of bullet-resistant material providing protection from three shots of one hundred fifty-eight grain lead ammunition fired from a .38 calibre handgun at a velocity of eight hundred and fifty feet per second. The unlawful wearing of a body vest is a class E felony. And according to section 265, a firearm is defined as any SBR, SBS, or any rifle/shotgun under 26", non compliant AW, or unlicensed handgun. Crimes from 70.02 are violent felonies, e.g., rape, murder, kidnapping, sexual conduct against a child, burglary, ect. So, owning and wearing body armor is legal if you aren't committing a violent felony. My best guess is that this law was geared at throwing another felony charge at violent offenders and not infringing upon lawful citizens. |
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I know there's nothing on the books currently.
What I was wondering was whether those critters up in Albany were cooking up something new. Kinda like: "CoBIS is finished, micro stamping kaput. How can we fuck with those gun nuts?" So the specific question on my mind is: does anyone have any knowledge of pending legislation concerning body armor in NYS? |