Is it illegal to have Surplus Body armor in CT

[Norsegod127]

I heard that you cannot have body armor in CT, but when i go to websites for surplus body armor it allows you to buy them? Is that okay.
Just want to know before i buy it.
thanks!

 

[TexasRifleman]

You can buy and own body armor in CT it appears. CT does seem to have a strange bit of law regarding the sale of body armor though:

It is a class B misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for up to six months, a fine of up to $ 1,000, or both, to sell or deliver body armor unless the transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the sale or delivery.

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/rpt/2009-R-0401.htm

 

[Norsegod127]

so i just cant sell it?

 

[snubbies]

Body Armour Restrictions

Based on the quote above Face to Face purchase is OK Mail Order, Internet sales are barred????

 

[TexasRifleman]

Yeah, face to face only unless you are LE or military.

 

[Norsegod127]

thats wierd... i can buy it online but not sell it
crazy laws

 

[bikemutt]

Sounds like you could even drive or fly to the online seller and buy it.

Maybe the State of CT is just looking out for your best interest; they want to be certain your body armor fits nicely

 

[Owen Sparks]

How would the state government know what UPS delivered? And how would UPS know what was in the box?

 

[Hondo 60]

How would the state government know what UPS delivered? And how would UPS know what was in the box?

X-ray machines

Just a spot random check

 

[dayhiker]

This is the actual statute.


Sec. 53-341b. Sale or delivery of body armor restricted. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell or deliver body armor to another person unless the transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the sale or delivery.


It basically is just an attempt to force manufacturers not to ship to individuals. Only to Gov agencies.

Since people convicted of certain felonies can not possess body armor in CT.

Sec. 53a-217d. Criminal possession of body armor: Class A misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of body armor when he possesses body armor and has been (1) convicted of a capital felony, a class A felony, except a conviction under section 53a-196a, a class B felony, except a conviction under section 53a-86, 53a-122 or 53a-196b, a class C felony, except a conviction under section 53a-87, 53a-152 or 53a-153 or a class D felony under sections 53a-60 to 53a-60c, inclusive, 53a-72a, 53a-72b, 53a-95, 53a-103, 53a-103a, 53a-114, 53a-136 or 53a-216, or (2) convicted as delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120.


I am not aware of any requirement for the seller in a face to face sale to run a background check though.

 

[Norsegod127]

Does that mean I can still buy it from a online dealer (ebay) selling surplus body armor?
doesnt say that i cant receive it, just cant sell it.

 

[mortablunt]

There is no law against body armor anywhere (I think). It didn't stop some people at a gun show from trying to sell 5K body armor suits with hard plates from claiming that there was an encroaching ban. This was in 2011 and the article was from 2009.

 

[dayhiker]

Does that mean I can still buy it from a online dealer (ebay) selling surplus body armor?
doesnt say that i cant receive it, just cant sell it.

I am not a lawyer, just a fellow CT resident. It appears there are no restrictions to receive via mail order, just to sell or deliver.

So if you were to buy off of eBay the seller would be in violation of CT law.

Whether or not CT can enforce state law beyond its borders is up to judges and the courts.

Not this simple layman.

 

[Norsegod127]

crazy laws..

 

[CapnMac]

Does that mean I can still buy it from a online dealer (ebay) selling surplus body armor? doesnt say that i cant receive it, just cant sell it.

Well, (emphasis added):

No person, firm or corporation shall sell or deliver body armor to another person unless the transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the sale or delivery

As I read it, you, the buyer are "transferee" and the seller is "transferor." So, unless you eBay-ed with a seller your could FTF with, looks like, to statute, the answer is no.

Now, unless I read that wrong, there's nothing wrong if you were in VT, NH, RI or the like and took delivery of armor and drove home with it. But, I've been wrong about statutes before, and presume I will be again.

Hmm, an nth thought: If you could buy armor and it was UPS COD, the transferor would be the UPS driver, and you would be the transferee.
Maybe.
Possibly.
Full moon on the fifth Tuesday during leap year.

Isn't grand how our legislators make it ever so easy for reasonably-knowledgeable persons to know if we are violating laws or statutes?

 

[dayhiker]

crazy laws..

Tell me about it. Soon as my son is 18 (6 more years) I am out of here . He plans on joining the Corps.

Virginia here I come.

 

[bearcreek]

Got any friends in nearby states? Have it shipped to them.

 

[AlaskaMan]

18 USC 931 does prohibit certain individuals convicted of crimes of violence from legally possessing body armor.

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

Can't you have it shipped to a PO box or something right outside the state?