Body Armor

[Judeh]

Might be wrong place to post this but I have a very good friend who is PSP. Has been a trooper for almost 10 years. We had a golf outing yesterday, I met him at the Irwin Interchange of the turnpike and while putting his clubs into the back of my Veh, he said " bro, you know this shit is illegal!" (referring to my vest)

I told him he was crazy, and he insisted. He asked me to leave it in his car, then just throw it back into mine when we got back, because he didn't want to have it in there with him... I figured he knew something that I didn't.

Anyway, I get a call from him this morning saying "Sorry, I just asked and you were right, only illegal if used in commission of a crime"....

[lildobe]

Anyway, I get a call from him this morning saying "Sorry, I just asked and you were right, only illegal if used in commission of a crime"....

Kudos for your friend checking up on his facts.

He is right, body armor is only illegal when possessed during the commission of a crime. In all other circumstances, it is quite legal.

18 Pa.C.S.§907. (Possessing instruments of crime)

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(c) Unlawful body armor.--A person commits a felony of the third degree if in the course of the commission of a felony or in the attempt to commit a felony he uses or wears body armor or has in his control, custody or possession any body armor.

(d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:

“Body armor.” Any protective covering for the body, or parts thereof, made of any polyaramid fiber or any resin-treated glass fiber cloth or any material or combination of materials made or designed to prevent, resist, deflect or deter the penetration thereof by ammunition, knife, cutting or piercing instrument or any other weapon.

[TXDMERC73]

just wonderin what kind of body armor did you have?

[son of the revolution]

just wonderin what kind of body armor did you have?

The kind that stops bullets !

[TXDMERC73]

The kind that stops bullets !

i know what body armor does..... i was just wondering what kind he had level 2,3a - point blank, etc i like to know peoples choices ....

[TaePo]

Was the law changed, though? Maybe I misread it years ago but I thought one could not be armed and have a bullet resistant vest on. Mind you, a version of the law years ago, perhaps. (Or maybe I read a law from another state and misremember.)

I preferred the Missies of my youth as opposed to the mis-es of old age!

[PennsyPlinker]

i know what body armor does..... i was just wondering what kind he had level 2,3a - point blank, etc i like to know peoples choices ....

My choice is organic body armor. It goes with me everywhere. I eat, sleep, work, shower, whatever with it. It also doubles as my six month emergency food supply.

[chrisjames_71]

The kind that stops bullets !

you mean some bullets after all mine is actually a Bullet Resistent Vest and not a Bullet Proof Vest

[son of the revolution]

you mean some bullets after all mine is actually a Bullet Resistent Vest and not a Bullet Proof Vest

Ok you got me ! But at least you got what I was saying . Apparently TXDMERC's "sarcasticdar " is on the fritz . Maybe some back round clutter ?