Point Blank OTV Body Armor Q's...

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9mm_prn

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I heard of a guy that paid for his own Point Blank OTV body armor while in Afaghanistan. Anyway he comes home decides he no longer needs it and contemplates selling it but apperently according to the point blank website it is prohibited for anyone but the US military to own! Is this BS or what? Here is a link to Point Blank.

http://www.pointblankarmor.com/interceptor.asp
 
I would be weary i work for a police dept. and we are not allowed to sale the law enforcement verson to just anyone. This keeps certain types of body armor away from the badguy. Also some companies just have a policy that states that Stretchers will only sale armor to law officers.
 
That's BS. They're probably spooked by stolen armor out there; though you should be too. Uncle Sugar has been tracking those down and confiscating. If it was rightfully purchased by him, he can sell it to whomever he chooses. There is no federal law against armor to civilians, although individual store/manufacture sales policies are abundant.
 
That story raises all the red flags, in my mind.

Regardless of the legality of civilians owning/purchasing the military version of the Interceptor vests, the problem is that he wouldn't have needed to purchase his own.

The military has been using the PointBlank Interceptors for more than 5 years. They are standard issue.

Doesn't pass the sniff test. I can promise you that if this guy tries to sell military body-armor, CID will probably find him and have a few questions for him. If not right away, then eventually. I hope he has proof that he purchased it on his own.
 
That's BS. They're probably spooked by stolen armor out there; though you should be too. Uncle Sugar has been tracking those down and confiscating. If it was rightfully purchased by him, he can sell it to whomever he chooses. There is no federal law against armor to civilians, although individual store/manufacture sales policies are abundant.
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Yep, but Point Blank sold very few to the public. It has a serial number. If sold to the military and if the military did not sell it to the soldier, then it is likely stolen. If stolen, the soldier has no legal claim to it. He simply may have been ripped off if he was fully acting in good faith.
 
Whoa! Hold on...

Don't do it. Unless you like to see the inside of a prison cell.
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I never said he even offered it for sale or that I was even interested in purchasing it. I merely heard there was a soldier contemplating selling the body armor he paid for. I am going under the assumtion that he is one of the many that bought their own armor. Obviously it's a well known fact that our boys have had to purchase their own body armor (I thought it was well known anyways, and if not it should be!).

My point is that if we have soilders buying thier own body armor (really pisses me off) they should be reimbursed for it or do whatever they want to do with it is the point I am trying to make. Not should I buy this dudes body armor?!!

Man you guys, it's like an internet version of the game Telephone... :rolleyes:
 
Ring RIng.. :)

Anyhow, if he bought it firsthand, then there's no issue. Hell, I can get an IBA from USCav. As a side note, not all vests are SN'd. The individual can get reimbursed for armor, as long as it's an issued type armor, and even then, after reimbursement, it becomes US property and has to be turned in.
 
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