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Originally Posted by Gord Falk
On Jan. 1, 2012 Manitoba passed the The Body Armour and Fortified Vehicle Control Act. Under the act a fortified vehicle is specified as:
"fortified vehicle" means a vehicle that has one or more of the following fortifications: ....
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This law was passed in reaction to gangsters and criminals armouring the insides of their daily driver vehicles to the point that they were unsafe to steer and brake. The crooks weren't afraid of the cops, only getting attacked and robbed by other gangs. Some provinces have drug gang problems of this magnitude; Manitoba was trying to get ahead of the issue. The same mentality that prevents individuals from owning certain types of body armour.