California also limited body armor ownership in the wake of that shootout, though a court decision invalidated the law in 2009: https://www.latimes.com/archive

California also limited body armor ownership in the wake of that shootout, though a court decision invalidated the law in 2009: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-20-la-me-body-armor20-2009dec20-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-20-la-me-bo... The decade-old ban was enacted after the 1997 North Hollywood shootout, a confrontation between police and two heavily armored bank robbers that injured officers and civilians. The state Legislature passed the ban in 1998 as a measure to protect police. The law was subsequently revised to pass court scrutiny and reinstated: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-reinstates-body-armor-ban-for-felons-3186708.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-reinstates...