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In 1986 the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act was passed, which allowed police officers to carry firearms and ammunition while on duty. Another law was enacted in 1994 wherein all firearms purchased by police departments from a federally licensed dealer must be registered with the FBI. The Police Officers Safety Act of 2004 was passed in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

In modern warfare, identifying the right armor to defeat the appropriate threats is so important, but is often neglected. A classic example that historians cite is the Mahdist war in the late 1800s between Egyptian and British forces on one side, and a powerful Sudan Army led by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah. The Sudanese soldiers were impeccably dressed and armed and wore chain mail armor and an upper torso protection jibbah. In addition, they wore a Persian-style head protection called khula-kud. Unfortunately, this armor was simply no match for the superior gun power of the Anglo-Egyptian forces. The casualties spoke for themselves - over 35,000 Sudanese soldiers butchered in cold blood, while the Anglo-Egyptian forces lost less than a thousand people. The Mahdis had a well-trained military machine, but little did they realize that their poorly designed armor did them in.