I don’t think there are any limits on ammo purchases that he would have run afoul of.
I would have no trouble buying that much ammo. I probably have that much ammo now, if you count it all up.
A 1,000 round case is a commonly purchased amount of .223 or 5.56 ammo. Or even .40 S&W.
For all we know so far, his body armor might have been cheap junk.
I was miss informed on ammo limits, please post on FR for correction. GOD bless the living God for truth in this world!
Do we know for sure that he had body armor? In post #78, it talks about him being sold an "assault vest", which is not body armor, but just a vest with lots of pockets for magazines and places to hang gear from. Could that have been mistaken for armor?