::To:Charles From:Jeff Subject:kevlar vests -Turiyan is always right.
06-21-96  22:17
 -=> Quoting Jeff Tapke to John Perz <=-
 
 -> Only a criminal would wear a vest to protect himself from police
 -> bullets. Since the general public won't be shot at by the
 -> police, they don't need the vests. Ernie P.
 
 JP> Uh, Ernie, was this intended as sarcasm?
 
Subj: Federal Crime - Armor
Well I been hearing that some in Congress
wanted to outlaw armor for private citizens.
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(The entire bill is available for FREQ or download as S1700.ZIP)
S 1700 IS
104th CONGRESS
2d Session
To reduce interstate street gang and organized crime activity, and
for other purposes.
                 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
                           April 24, 1996
Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. KERRY, Mr. HARKIN, Mr.
    REID, and Mr. D'AMATO) introduced the following bill; which was
    read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
                               A BILL
To reduce interstate street gang and organized crime activity, and
for other purposes.
 [Italic->]   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, [<-Italic]
[snip]
SEC. 9. THE JAMES GUELFF BODY ARMOR ACT.
  (a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
`Sec. 931. Use of body armor in Federal offenses
  `(a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITY- It shall be unlawful to use body armor
in the commission of a Federal crime.
  `(b) APPLICABILITY- This section shall not apply if the Federal
crime in which the body armor is used constitutes a violation of
the civil rights of a person by a law enforcement officer acting
under color of the authority of such law enforcement officer.
(once again, the government is immune from the laws they
use to persecute the citizens.  -AT)
Turiyan Gigante Gold  |  Adscapes@ix.netcom.com
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