Sorry, I misspoke.
It is currently illegal in Connecticut for buying or selling body armor to anyone in anything other than a face-to-face sale. No mail-order, no online sales. You can have your local gun shop or whatever order it for you, but they have to see you face-to-face to sell it to you.
But good luck arguing it out with the cops anyway--at least one person already got arrested for illegal purchase/possession of body armor, up in Manchester. His case may have been eventually overturned, but who wants to go through all that?
Also, there's apparently a Bill that's been put up that would prohibit civilian possession of body armor (relevant clause is toward the bottom of the following text):
General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6260
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2448
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. GODFREY, 110th Dist.
SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A MUNICIPAL RESPONSE TO GUN
VIOLENCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Expand the definition
2 of an "assault weapon" in section 53-202a of the general statutes to
3 include assault weapons banned under California law; (2) amend title
4 29 of the general statutes to establish a rifle permit for the purchase of
5 any rifle, shot gun or other long gun and require a person to hold a
6 valid permit for such purchase unless such person holds a valid permit
7 to carry a pistol or revolver or an eligibility certificate for a pistol or
8 revolver; (3) allow the first selectman, mayor or other chief executive
9 officer of a municipality to designate a chief of police, resident state
10 trooper or the Connecticut Board of Firearms Permit Examiners
11 established under section 29-32b of the general statutes as the local
12 authority for issuing permits for pistols, revolvers and rifles; (4) grant a
13 right of appeal to the superior court to any such first selectman, mayor
14 or other chief executive officer of a municipality that denies a permit
15 application, but which denial is subsequently overturned
16 administratively; (5) expand the list of criminal offenses that would
Proposed Bill No. 6260
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17 prohibit an individual from obtaining a permit for a pistol, revolver or
18 rifle; (6) improve the enforcement of existing state firearms laws; (7)
19 require an updated background check to be completed on all permit
20 renewals; (8) require a pistol, revolver or rifle permit for the purchase
21 of ammunition; (9) regulate online purchase and delivery of
22 ammunition; (10) prohibit bulk purchases of firearms; (11) require
23 trigger locks with each firearm purchase; and (12) amend sections 53-
24 341b and 53a-217d of the general statutes to prohibit civilian
25 possession of body armor.
Statement of Purpose:
To adopt the anti-violence initiative of the Connecticut Conference of
Municipalities.
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