Buffalo Mass Shooting Higgins reintroduces bill to prohibit sale of body armor The legislation is named in memory of Aaron Salter, Jr., who was killed on 5/14 after exchanging gunfire with the ...

BUFFALO — New York’s ban on the sale and purchase of body armor enacted two years ago after a deadly mass shooting in Buffalo is being challenged in federal court as unconstitutional in a new ...

The legislation would prohibit the sale or ownership of enhanced military-grade body armor by civilians. Cashell Durham, Salter's sister, said she's honored that the bill is named after her brother.

To date, over 2,000 of Kentucky’s officers, deputies and troopers have been fitted or equipped with body armor through the ...

Body armor designed for men could be deadly when women use it because of a design flaw that can send bullets ricocheting off women’s chests and up into their throats.

Government auditors said yesterday that nearly half of 28 contracts to manufacture body armor for Army soldiers were completed without the gear ever going through an initial test. Nearly $3 ...

A look at how body armor carriers have evolved to be more comfortable and healthier for the officers working 10-plus hour shifts.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Andrea Porter is stripping back the layers of bulletproof material as she researches ways to make body armor safer and more comfortable for women’s bodies. The ...

This novel Kevlar fiber is stronger, meaning that its makers hope they can fashion body armor out of it that's thinner and lighter.