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Congress Proposes Law Banning Body Armor In The Land Of The Free
Submitted by Simon Black via Sovereign Man blog,
By the late 1920s, Joseph Stalin became the unchallenged leader of the Soviet Union after having eliminated his opposition.
He topped it off in 1929 by serving a decisive blow to anyone that would dare to oppose him by outlawing private gun ownership in the country.
From that year on until 1953 when Stalin died, it’s estimated that more than 20 million Soviet citizens that were seen as a threat to the country’s leadership.
People were rounded up and either murdered outright, or sent to infamous gulag labor camps.
Stalin is an extreme case. But history is ripe with examples of governments which disarm their citizens, only to engage in serious oppression afterwards.
Communist China. Nazi Germany. Cambodia. Guatemala. Uganda. The list goes on and on. Pacification of the citizens is almost always a prerequisite to totalitarianism.
There have been a lot of attempts to disarm, or at least partially disarm, people in the US throughout history as well.
Each time there’s a major shooting somewhere, the chant to ban firearms grows louder.
But the latest proposal is especially telling.
H.R. 5344 is a bill currently going through Congress that would ban the purchase of body armor.
Violation would carry CRIMINAL penalties, including up to ten years in prison.
Many bullet-resistant items on the market now, such as bulletproof backpacks for school children, would be banned by this legislation.
This is incredible given that the legislation is all about banning something that is purely defensive.
Whatever your stance on firearms, I hope we can agree that it’s pretty damn difficult to hurt another human being with body armor.
People buy body armor for protection. That’s the point. Duh.
So why in the world would they want to ban it?
The government claims that “criminals and rampaging madmen” can “wreak havoc” while wearing body armor, and it’s important to shield police from these nefarious individuals.
Uh, wait a sec– you mean the same police that go around terrorizing ordinary citizens who aren’t breaking any laws whatsoever?
The same police who beat homeless people to death?
The same police who shoot and kill innocent animals in broad daylight in the middle of the street?
The same police who scream “I will f***ing kill you!” with their weapons trained on crowds of protestors exercising their constitutional rights?
Right. Those guys.
This is such a disgusting, yet unfortunately predictable, turn of events in the Land of the Free.
It’s enraging. It’s infuriating. And it’s so obvious: the country has become a giant police state. And the trend is not getting any better.
It’s time to set aside emotion. It’s time to set aside a lifetime of propaganda and programming telling you that you live in a free country.
It’s time to look at the objective evidence all around you.
They spy. They steal. They wage illegal wars. They authorize military detention of civilians. They assassinate citizens.
They intimidate. They terrorize. They torture. They suspend due process when it suits. They destroy anyone who challenges them.
And now they want to take away a non-violent means of protecting yourself.
This is our reality. And at a minimum, it’s time for rational, thinking people to come up with a Plan B. What’s yours?
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Great, I love a black market.
Let me guess the police are exempt ?
since they are now a sub branch of the military they are exempt
It's been proposed before and won't ever pass. Why? There are a dozen armor makers in the US and each sale is tracked meticulously from grain of sand to "protective" suit. If you own Kevlar, they know it.
If armor is outlawed every knitter, crocheter and loomer would suddenly become the cottage badass in the hood. Granny Heisenberg.
This is another provocation. Don't look, don't bite, don't give a shit.
Buy a recon chest sling and plate. Be agile. They're scared and going for center mass. You're moving in for the liver shot. They won't hit you because they're fat, stupid and scared and you're not.
Pussies use it...you should too.
ready the blade w/intrepitude.
does this include condoms?
I suppose the police will now be able to shoot you and claim they were executing a body armor search. They suspected you were wearing body armor because you look bigger than them. They fired multiple times to test for illegal protection.
This is out and out TREASON. These politicians are traitors. STOP paying taxes. Stop paying your mortgage. We're feeding the beast. Their laws are illegitimate as they do not apply to them or the cops. This is OBVIOUS tyranny. These politicians do NOT represent the people in ANY way what so ever. They are ENEMIES of the people.
Nazi Germany? He probably means Nationalsocialist Germany.
But it's wrong anyway to include it in the list: The Germans were encouraged to have weapons!
Only Jews were not allowed to have weapons after some time, since the Jewish nation declared war on Germany already in early 1933!
So according to international law the Jews were a hostile nation and according to international law, the German government could have arrested Jews from 1933 on.
Oh, and Hitler didn't have to hide, he was driving in a cabriolet among his people, which he encouraged to have weapons.
I hear ya. It's very annoying to read this over and over again.
Once and for all: Between 1933 and 1945 Germany did NOT ban German citizens from buying or owning firearms. Only non-Germans (mostly Jews, who stated they were at war with Germany) were not allowed to buy and own firearms.
More New Bolshevik agenda points to disarm and pacify the USSA population before they can get on with their planned genocide here. Stay armed, stay ready.
Lol make it illegal to defend yourself, genius.
Even if Honda’s bill does not make it into law, it is already against the law for criminals to add body armor to their toolkit. Since 2002, it has been illegal under federal law for convicted felons to possess body armor of any sort. This has been prosecuted in U.S. courts even in states that do not criminalize the possession of body armor.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?457564-Rep-Honda-s-HR-5344-P...
Protection against radiation may be a better investment.
Now you tell me
yeah wait the motherfuckers will outlaw that too
Guess the Fedcoats are daring patriots to pick body armor off their precious minions.
The same police who shoot and kill innocent animals in broad daylight in the middle of the street?
Not so sure Innocent is the right term, Records indicate shooting took place just after midnight.
Lets not take hyperbole too far Simon.
For those in the know...
I am an ordinary citizen with a carry permit.
If I buy 2 AR-500 level III vests (one for me and hubby) with the curved Chest Plate PAXCON Line-X Spall & Fragmentation Mitigation Coating in this basic style, am I good to go for most situations?
I don't think I would go for level IV because the ceramic breaking after they are hit.
http://www.ar500armor.com/urban-go-plate-carrier-w-armor-and-pouches-bla...
Hi, I'm Simon Black. I learned about this legislation while I was renting a house in DC for, get this, roughly $2 an hour!!!!!!!! I stayed there for 30 days and only paid 2$ AN HOUR! This is why the housing market is collapsing. Can you appreciate that? TWO DOLLARS an hour for a house right outside of DC for just a month!
it really seems russians are giving US enough rope to hang themselves
The new constitution must be ready by now.
Got Vest?
get some public funding to find martyrs and you can liberate USSA in few months
and CONgress gets laughed out of the room.
this will be the last we see of this
in Nam Charlie would wrap himself in copper wire, then get really high on some kind of drugs, and go under the fence with a backpack full of explosives and weapons, and he could do a lot of damage. now we could outlaw copper wire.
Sometimes I Think articles like this, and even this site really, are designed with the intent of shaking the trees, and identifying what falls out. paranoid delussions? guess it doesn't really matter.
Score 17,000 for the little guy
Major fail on red light camras
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/red_light_camera_malfunctio...
Big deal!
Stay at least 150 yards from any cop and you'll never need armor
they drone you anytime=)
Body Armor for the citizens, not for the Praetorians or theirs.
We will have to scour the dump to get body armor like our troops did in Iraq.
How many of these hypocritical bastards have 24/7 armed security?
Who are the real idiots here? WE THE PEOPLE pay these motherfuckers to represent us & they lie to us, steal from us & get us into every damn war on the face of the earth. Just like in Ferguson, CHANGE has to start with US!
Don't they say the best defense is a strong offense?
Learn how to snipe, there are lots of holes.
The Empire showed us how at Maidan...
Stack On
We have home field advantage. See Iraq.
many more holes for us to slip into.
In their perfect world:
Them: militarized police forces with armored vehicles, grenade launchers, automatic weapons, and full body armor.
Everybody else: sling shots.
Like Israel and Palestine.
Hows that working out for the Palestinians?
We are screwed, the depopulation plan is coming home.
They are going to kill everyone in Gaza, they are back at it now.
Everyone in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon
and everyone in America who is not essential.
Its over
I was talking to a friend and he believes that whatever the cops have the american citizen should too. That would include armored military vehicles and stingrays. To keep the brown shirts at bay the playing field needs to be level. We were talking and I think he has convinced me.
The black guy who was stopped by another black guy in Ferguson who said the protestors were paid had a facebook video of his history. I guess its something that facebook does for you, his first post on facebook was "behold a pale horse" by William Cooper.
Are we at war with Israel?
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-concerned-arrest-americ...
Did anyone really expect a fair fight from these whores?
The bill was put up by a Democrat from CA and has 3 co-sponsors all Democrats from NJ,IL and FL...2 women one man , not a pair of balls among them...so no surprises.
PopVox shows 96% opposed.
Ok lets pass city, county and state laws banning the LEOs from wearing or purchasing the same body armour.
What is sauce for the Goose is sauce for the Gander.
The People shall rise and use the law to ban Congress.
When I was looking into foreclosures from 08-12 I looked at who owned and bought these properties.
Most in black towns were owned by Jews. The section 8 thing inflates rentals in the ghetto.
Its a false rental value because the government pays the landlord.
I think the tenant pays a small portion but even if they don't pay it's still higher than
what the market rate is. What I found is investor groups like former execs from Chase Bank were
buying foreclosures in huge numbers paying all cash. I wanted to buy this house and they bid against me,
but later the selling price on an "as is " property closed for less than my all cash bid. Because they are the big
customer so everyone else was batted away.
I called this Jew who was with BofA in Chicago and confronted him on the destroying of entire neighborhoods and he said
"how did you get my number?" I said "the internet!!"
and he tried to absolve himself of wrong doing.
It was my finest hour. lol
Another house I bid on was sold by WAMU and it was the same story. So I wrote to the CEO about what happened and how it was sold for less to some guy in Malibu CA. He wrote me back and admitted that it was a funky deal. I forwarded this message to local realtors and they spread it like wildfire, because they were not able to present offers on these houses and I gave them the proof of why.
And the property values continued to drop because greed was too greedy and they could not wait for the real bottom.
I am a bitch and a researching bitch that will fuck you up and expose your lies any day of the week!
Fear me.
true dat !
The bill was introduced by a California Democrat. It won't go far.
I was going to purchase some body armor at one point and then I decided that I didn't want to be that close to the shooting, i.e. take the path of least resistance.
Oh yeah, your peace mentality will save you.
This admin is the twin soul of the last admin.
But this admin allowed this fuck to push through the most draconian legislation and cheered on.
re ...I decided that I didn't want to be that close to the shooting
Every bullet has a name on it - no matter where the "recipent" might be
What a joke. The noose of tyranny tightens....Here's the link: https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5344/text
(b) Enhanced Body Armor Defined.--Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(36) The term `enhanced body armor' means body armor, including a helmet or shield, the ballistic resistance of which meets or exceeds the ballistic performance of Type III armor, determined using National Institute of Justice Standard-0101.06.''. (c) Penalties.--Section 924(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 932 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.''.The Mothe3r F(_)ckers. If we don't vote every.goddamn.incumbent out we are screwed! I want to see the list of every.single.son of a bitch.that voted for this crap.
Someone should take the exact verbiage of the law and propose another law. Only instead of it being illegal to buy/sell this type of garment, word it that it is illegal to propose any such legislation that would so severely limit and infringe upon life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, 2nd amendment, etc.
To that end, I like the 'shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.' part. Probably should read 'not LESS than 10 years' though.
On second thought, maybe we should be thanking these legislators. Because hopefully it won't pass, and even if it does, then all of us now know the exact standard baseline that our enemy-government is thinking:
Type III armor, determined using National Institute of Justice Standard-0101.06.''
So something at LEAST this strong would be what you rush out to buy. Or be able to claim it by the go-live date of the law.
Tell me again why laws matter when they are continually broken by the Feds anyway....
Hate to tell you this but if we got every incumbent out the unelected psychopaths who operate the machinery of government would have and absolute fucking orgy of unrestrained abuse in the face of all the well intended noobs having no idea how shit works.
Maybe that would be better. It probably doesn't even matter anymore.
Fuck you creepy POTUS worshipers.
You brought us to the edge .
So, the Praetorian Guard has a vested interest in them having them, and us not having them. Got it.
Do they really think it'll make a difference, or is this another Pavlovian conditioning exercise, to show us who's in charge?
not my idea, but the next revolution might not be fought with guns..biowar, chem war..keep the thugs hole up in police stations..fighting with low power weapons is the option .gov hopes people choose, we will never have 30mm cannons, hell fire missiles..I will say no more.
WOW yeah stupid me of course I thought forbidding armor was mean for everyone including the police.
There remains only one question ... and it's always the same question.
"Who is going to stop them?"
they should ban body clothes alltogether
I don't want to see your ugly ass ...
RE Congress Body Armor Ban
I sure hope the "Ban" doesn't extend to the likes of my rhino-leather-jock-strap/titanium-codpeice combination ("The Hillary")
I'd like - if at all possible - to keep the ol' family jewels safe 'n sound from the steel toe-capped 'rhoid-head thugs of Chertoff's Cheka (aka DHS)
Sales will be improving.
Whether or not this new proposal becomes law and it becomes illegal to buy/sell/own body armour is missing the wider point.
It is all about the government and its lackies in Congress having a strategic plan to disarm and neutralise society to the point that it's defenceless against criminal government and its increasingly heavily armed, militarised LE thugs. It's about reducing the population to the level of helpless, obedient muppets who will simply do as they're ordered.
I'm not aware of any country that has banned private ownership of weapons who has done it for altruistic motives. It's always to protect government from the very people it purports to represent.
By linking the ban on the civil population to own and carry firearms with totalitarian systems (and ignore all other perfectly sane societies - well, as perfect as they come at least) the author does only one thing: he demonstrates himself to be a totalitarian.
Apart from that, I must agree that allowing firearms in your population but banning bodyarrmour doesn't make any sense. Remember: Bodyarmour does not kill, people do ...
Democrat Mike Honda from California. So if the law is passed all the criminals will immediately turn their armor in just like all the druggies quit as soon as drugs were outlawed and every one quit drinking during prohibition. This congress republican and democrat is completely out of control and has no relevance whatsoever. A complete society living off the backs of working individuals clueless how to even have a conversation about repairing our socio econonomic system.
Hell, just make yor own body armour...like those kids do at Comicon! They even make their own weapons out of paper tubes and a bit of spray paint..
Looks like all of the fascist/nazi's are now concentrated in DC. They trained the Russian/Chinese communists of the past, but now that these nations are moving towards capitalism, the US instead is going full retard into fascist/nazism. Reason being is due to project paper clip and sleeper nazis etc. No body armour means certain death, as I'm sure they will have some serious fire power. Plus, they purchased a shite load of ammo this year. (was in the news I foget the exact details)
Again, I bring up Title 18 Section 7, Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction of the United States 'defined'. Read it. There is a lot of misplaced presumption in these comments.
Just read it. Not impressed (except for the "deposits of guano" part). Is this supposed to be some kind of solemn testament to the power of the United States? Guess what...NOBODY CARES.
Buying guns -- A-OK. Buying protection from said guns -- Illegal.
It's like they want us to kill each other.
Just buy it anyway.
Get it while you can, veteran owned. http://infidelbodyarmor.com/index.php?main_page=about_us
If we can't vote these goons out of office, then the only recourse is revolution.
By the time people realize, it will be too late....
Back pack armor will still be available for the children of our overlords. Armor is just not available to you, me or the others.
How about Congress banning cops like Lt. I'm gonna kill you motherfuckers.
Honda is a joke. I'm sure the one who is going to go on a shooting spree isn't worried about a 10 yr prison term because he wore body armor.
By golly iffen yer gunna have body armers how's all R puhleece state enforcers gunna shoot ya's?
We'll fixin' that thar sityoo-ashun up but good!
The government claims that “criminals and rampaging madmen” can “wreak havoc” while wearing body armor
And they are: they are the police