The Official Status Update Thread: Part 90 - HOME ALONe

[Sylvain]

Why would someone want fake armor?

Airsoft.

 

[GregD]

And why would I need it for Airsoft?

 

[Sylvain]

And why would I need it for Airsoft?

I dont know!
They sell it anyway.
Maybe you have a plate carrier that you use for airsoft and want to put something in it that is cheaper that actually SAPI plates.

 

[GregD]

Who knows, Sylvain.

 

[Sylvain]

Who knows, Sylvain.

They also make dummy ones who are used in the movies.

 

[GregD]

So how are things going tonight?

 

[SaintsNSinners]

i wear armor everyday

 

[Sylvain]

And of course some people buy fake ones for $ and sell them for $$$$$ as real ones.

Made in China fake bulletproof vests sold to Russian police | GlobalPost

 

[Sylvain]

i wear armor everyday

You're such a jerk to everyone that you have to ... I guess.


Hope you're is not fake.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

not fake. mine is high end

 

[RedneckReject]

Hope you're is not fake.

I hope so too!!!

 

[Sylvain]

I hope so too!!!

It happens in the US too.

Deputies: Former commissioner sold fake bulletproof vests | Orange County News - WESH Home

They are accused of making counterfeit bulletproof vests, even using duct tape, and attaching the labels of legitimate companies.The Florida Department of Law Enforcement started its investigation in August after being tipped by a man who bought a vest at a gun show in West Palm Beach.
The man doubted it was the real thing, so he took the vest to a legitimate company, which called FDLE.
FDLE said the vests being sold didn't even work.
"We had that tested and every round went through it," said Daniel Warren with FDLE.

Now that's kinda scary if you buy one online and have no way to know it's real unless you test it.

 

[RedneckReject]

It happens in the US too.

Deputies: Former commissioner sold fake bulletproof vests | Orange County News - WESH Home



Now that's kinda scary if you buy one online and have no way to know it's real unless you test it.

That's terrifying.

 

[GregD]

Time to check some TV.

Night Sylvain

 

[Sylvain]

Glad to know that duct tape is NOT an industry standard.

“One of the materials they used was duct tape to hold it together, and that is not an industry standard, and that is not something that really should be used in the manufacturing of ballistic vests," says Banks. The three men are charged with one count each of organized scheme to defraud and counterfeiting body armor.
Banks says the fakes were sold with labels copied from genuine brands including Point Blank, OMTactical, Safariland and Diamondback Tactical- as well as a fictitious company called Full Dragon Armor.
He says more than a thousand counterfeit bullet proof vests may have been sold in the past two years, and anyone who thinks they could have bought one of the fakes should contact the manufacturer.

 

[Sylvain]

Night greg.

 

[RedneckReject]

I need food but I don't know what I want

 

[Sylvain]

That's terrifying.

Yeah, you have to be a really low life to sell those knowing they might get people killed.

 

[Sylvain]

I need food but I don't know what I want

Same here.

Did the man buy his vest on Ebay?

 

[MikeDVB]

When I see idiots who shoot at themselves in their living room to test their body armor, and when I see that they sell fake ones too ... well you see what could go really wrong.

Survival of the fittest...

Darwinism

Or this .