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It's important to note, body ARMOR is restricted
A plate carrier isn't body armor, it's just a pocket with MOLLE all over it
Customs got wise about the real ACU OTV's Ducky and I ordered (before the ACU ban), he just had to go and sign for them, they just wanted to know why he wanted to import a pocket. All he had to do was explain that there was no ballistic protection in the cover itself
My team's multicam plate carriers are all built with simulated soft armor inserts (closed cell foam), we've ordered 4 or 5 individually and customs never opened any packages
The restriction on importing body armor is more for actual non-MOLLE kevlar vests, like level II/IIA, level III/IIIA, and SAPI plates too
Essentially, the government doesn't want Joe Shmoe to have any armor that would otherwise prevent a police officer from killing him
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