Rep. Mike Honda (D-San Jose) announced bill H.R. 5344, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act of 2014, this week that would ban civilians from purchasing military-grade body armor.
“This bill will keep military body armor out of the wrong hands,” Honda stated. “It would ensure that only law enforcement, firefighters and other first responders would be able to access enhanced body armor.”
“We’re not talking about just a standard bullet-proof vest,” Honda said. “We’re talking about body armor that is designed for warfare, designed to protect against law enforcement ammunitions.”
Yet more garbage from a communist politician who knows nothing about guns. There is no such thing as ‘law enforcement ammunitions’. Cops pretty much use the same bullets as everyone else. Of course, with the militarization of law enforcement taking place across the country that could change at any time.
Honda also states, “Access to military-grade body armor emboldens criminals and mass shooters to act. “There’s nothing more dangerous than an unstoppable, well-armored shooter,” he said. “The law enforcement community sees an increase in use of body armor in violent, gun-related crimes.”
So violent criminals would become more violent, more ’emboldened’, with military body armor as opposed to a regular body armor? It’s absurd to think this bill is about protecting society from violent criminals, it’s about arms control. Always will be with liberals.
The congressman cited a shooting on July 22 in Riverside County, where a man wearing body armor and armed with an assault rifle shot and killed two sheriff’s deputies and wounded another.
“We should be asking ourselves, why is this armor available to just anyone, if it was designed to be used only by our solders to take to war?” Honda said.
He said he introduced the bill, H.R. 5344, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act of 2014, in Congress last week.
The proposed law would prohibit the sale, transfer or possession of military-level body armor by civilians.
Honda said it has been endorsed by law enforcement organizations including the California State Sheriffs’ Association, the Fraternal Order of Police and the Peace Officers Research Association of California, according to Honda.
Santa Clara County’s District Attorney Jeff Rosen and Sheriff Laurie Smith and Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley and Sheriff Gregory Ahern also attended today’s news conference, held at the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office in San Jose.
Santa Clara police Chief Michael Sellers and Milpitas police Chief Steve Pangelinan also attended the news conference.
they do not want you to be able to stand up to their war on the people that ovomit is planing. why else would the post office and department of education need automatic weapons and millions of rounds of ammo . I have not heard one single reason for all these weapons and ammo .. even the department of land management have these weapons . WHY? they are not police agency’s
Hey he is a republican okay what city cause he is going to leave office soon not voting for him and i will call and leave a message seeing how you want to ban body armor not voting for you lol—–naturally he is from california figures
i bet his body guard have it and i bet the tax payers paid for it , total bull$#%&!@*
MORON! !!
Where are all these idiots coming from.
Is this $#%&!@* nuts???
Riiiiiigghhhttttt, b/c only the IRS, EPA, FDA, NSA and USDA needs them. ALL agencies that are supposed to inspect things and file reports, yet which now ALL HAVE S.W.A.T. TEAMS, and are hoarding ammo. So, they are not just armed, they are ARMED TO THE TEETH.
Yeah, Mr Honda, you better darn well believe we citizens NEED all the protection we can get to protect ourselves and our own property from our own government. I mean, we have just seen 2 examples in recent months of the feds trying to grab private property and claim it as federal lands.
Its too late and the idea is stupid. Now that this $#%&!@* Nazi blamed crime created by poverty and corruption as a component to why civilians to not have access to armor that may or may not be needed to protect themselves from tyranny. A well regulated militia are always made up of patriotic citizens….. It is our duty. Now if you take wepons Amor armor away from law abiding citizens then there can be no well regulated militia in this corporate plutocratic police state. All this craziness is engineered and the plot is one of genius. The imaginings of psychopathic greedy artists. Get it?
Simple solution is you can only buy body armor of that calibre if you have a gun liscence….. We are Americans, and the right to have arms is one of our most basic rights. We have a RIGHT to protect ourselves from tyranny. To lose a basic right is to open the door to the complete eradication of our so beloved constitution. To lose America. To lose freedom. To aid the real BAD GUYS. The Tony Montana’s in disguise. Come together or we lose it all. NOW is the TIME for all proud PATRIOTS TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY!! NOW! No more corruption, no more lies, no more traitors, no more poverty, no more anything that does not benifit America and all of her beautiful peoples. Its time to evolve. Its time to bring glory back to America. GOD BLESS MOTHER AMERICA!!
body armor wont stop a head shot mr politician
ANOTHER STUPID IDIOT, ADD TO THE LIST OF CA SCUMBAGS.