while you're next to them shooting moa with irons listening to them complain about their scope being loose and thats why they missed a deer opening weekend

You'd think they'd have some on standby in case of confirmed armored suspects.

maybe??

it would take someone within the management side who was aware of the characteristics of armor and the rounds that can defeat it

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i dont know that a given police department would have such an individual. even if they were ex-mil they might not know whats on the street here. its not like they'd deal with armored up individuals every day

Or a general "we need something to defeat body armor"

after a political event

🤔

I remember seeing quite a few MSM articles about body armor

and a lot of talk in congress about drafting a bill to ban it

I think CT even passed a new law or something like that

plus they probably aren't going to spend a ton of money on a hypothetical threat they've never even faced. getting surplus shit from the feds makes more sense though

Ct is cucked yeah

No armor sales

There's a lot of cross training and coordination between fed Le and SWAT, military and SWAT.
I don't think there are any swat teams that are just left to their own devices.

idk if they can even surplus AP ammo to the police, but shit, if they can give them an MRAP why not?

You can just buy an MRAP yourself

pretty sure all excess ammo is just shot off or destroyed

There's nothing regulated about it

Yeah, don't think the military likes to keep ammo around

when it could just be used for extra range time or some shit

Ok im sure swat does not actively carry AP rounds but will have it ready if needed

Most LE use some form of 77 grain OTM 5.56 in their patrol rifles.

reminder that the government is so far behind the times that they consider armor piercing handgun ammo an unacceptable threat to police, but not armor piercing rifle rounds

nah they're fully aware

all of their swat officers have rifle plates that can more or less stop them

but the vests that they're worried AP pistol ammo can penetrate, can all be slotted by any rifle

its penny wise and pound foolish

But thats why hard plates on beat cops exist too 🤔

but then why ban the pistol ammo

or their focus on having officers have shit in their cars

cause they can

AP handgun rounds would probably easily be stopped by level 3 plates.

and they haven't bothered to update shit

the real answer is because nobody actually shoots anyone with a rifle in this country

The legislation against the pistol ammo happened long before big advancements in armor technology. Back in the day cops had soft armor only basically.

It only makes sense if you see it as an incremental infringement

Am I reading this right? 3810 can stop 6 of the first 5 rounds and then 3 rounds each of the last two or thats how many rounds it takes for penetration for that specific round?

If you examine it at face value it seems absurd

it's how many they can take