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You can buy body armor in Portugual too: http://www.engardeportugal.com/produtos.htm http://www.engardeportugal.com/produtos.htm And apparently it is much need

• libertine 6y ago
  Nah, not needed at all. Such scuffs do happen but are very rare, usually revolve around some sort of treason - wife/friend/land dispute. Plus we don't have terrorist attacks (domestic and foreigners), we don't have religion fanatics that go on killing sprees, we have a good public healthcare system that helps mentally hill (we don't have serial killers, and the ones we had didn't achieve the pop culture status), we have drug addiction under control, so yeah... it's really not useful to have body armor. Just to give you some perspective - I live for 11 years in the capital, and even lived near a social project where there was shady people and A LOT of police activity, and never heard a single gun shot.
  • jakearmitage 6y ago
    I totally understand it is not needed, this was a straw man intended to detract from the idea that body armor is something alien and unnecessary for the general public. It is a personal protection item like any other. Is it useful in New York City or Lisbon? Probably not. But the same applies to other PPEs and we don't shame people for wanting to buy/use them. If a person feels safer using X, then fine, use it. As a society we used to mock people that bought Gas Masks and Respirators, marginalizing them as crazy. Then 2020 happened and all of a sudden every single gas mask, including useless old surplus, was out of stock.
    • libertine 6y ago
      Where did I mock people who feel safe for wearing a bullet proof vest? Being odd doesn't mean it's ridiculous, or preposterous, means it's strange to me and my reality. Strange doesn't mean it's good or bad, means it's strange.