Guns: Tacticality

I stared for awhile at the catalog for LA Police Gear that I received in the mail today. I'm wondering how much of this stuff is absolutely necessary, especially for a decidedly non-LEO, non-military Average Joe like me. Sure, I understand having good quality pants and shirts that can withstand the rigors of daily CCW is important, and of course everyone should be able to buy whatever gear they want, but I have the feeling a roll-on luggage bag called the "Mission Ready" is pushing it.

A weird part of the catalog is the way guns and ammo are interspersed constantly throughout, and always of the tactical-black variety. No way are you going to see a Winchester 94 or Marlin 336 here; heck, I bet they don't even have any plain Jane wood-stocked 870s on the pages. No, it's all about ARs, GLOCKs, SIGs, juiced-up 1911s, and Springfield M1A SOCOM IIs.

The coup de grace, though, has to be the ZB-7™ Zoombang™-powered Trauma Pad™, designed to supplement body armor by responding immediately to "outside forces" (like bullets). The pad costs $50 - given that body armor is way more expensive than $50, I'm left with a simple question - if the ZB-7 is so effective, why isn't it incorporated into body armor in the first place?