When buying a gun is illegal,…

…buy body armor instead.

By Dean Balsamini

NY Post

With bullets flying over Broadway, New Yorkers are buying up bulletproof vests.

Midtown dealer Brad Pedell — who runs 221B Tactical — claims sales of body armor are up 80 percent this year compared with 2019 due to the “unrest” in the city and nationwide.

“You wouldn’t believe the people who call up and say, ‘I’m scared,'” Pedell told The Post. He said most buyers are from the Bronx and Brooklyn, where shootings have skyrocketed.

https://nypost.com/2020/08/15/bulletproof-vest-sales-soar-amid-surge-in-nyc-shootings/

Even The Amazing Kreskin has body protection.

He said he purchased a “high-priced, well-designed” vest from Pedell last year for peace of mind after learning he was being stalked by a crazed fan.

The 85-year-old NJ resident … told The Post he would “absolutely” don his vest if he comes to the Big Apple.

“I love the city, but you can no longer feel at home and comfortable with a degree of safety,” Kreskin said.

(How long before Mayor Bill de Blasio decides to announce a special tax on body armor?)

 Link at knuckledraggin.