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Body armor, by its very nature, is meant to protect the wearer from flying bullets, and in most circumstances outside a war zone it's tough to argue that they should be available for civilian use. For that reason, some states including New York ban their purchase by private citizens - although Poplawski was permitted to buy armor under Pennsylvania law. Federal statutes also block convicted violent felons from buying body armor - which can cost anywhere from $200 to $2,000 - but as far as investigators have found, neither Wong nor Poplawski previously fit that criterion. With laws varying from state...
...pass laws with tighter controls or limit body armor falling in the hands of people who should not have it," says Michael Foreman, senior vice president of sales for Point Blank and a 35-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. But the fact is, laws against civilian use and purchase are sparse and often difficult to enforce...
...soldiers return home injured or maimed by wounds that previously would have killed them). But the same evolution that has likely saved thousands of lives is now raising the question of whether tighter regulation would save even more. When laws vary so widely from place to place and the civilian purchase of body armor becomes more common, the lines get more difficult to draw. "There's a challenge and a balance between giving consumers protective solutions and protecting those who serve," says Foreman. "I would not want to discount that there are others who may feel the need for protective...
North Korea’s recent attempt to launch its Kwangmyongsong-2 three stage booster rocket—which many experts have described as a civilian adaptation of its Taepodong-2 ballistic missile—should serve as a reminder of the unstable international security environment in Northeast Asia. Although the test itself was a failure—according to the New York Times, U.S. Northern Command and Japan’s Ministry of Defense, the missile fell apart in the Western Pacific—North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and its already extant launch capability should...
...continued nuclear nonproliferation efforts a priority in its foreign policy, and should hold both allies and adversaries to a zero-tolerance standard with regard to clandestine or illegal nuclear weapons programs. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, originally opened for signature on July 1, 1968, governs the peaceful use of civilian nuclear technology in the international community and places strict safeguards on national nuclear programs, especially with regard to fissile material that could one day be used to construct a nuclear weapon...