Indeed, that is another main issue, people hoppin' on Outlands for the sole purpose of weaponary and ammunition, although, these people you may not role-play with, but at times your..band can sometimes judge the wrong people.
If a group of people give vests a bad name and elitism, they should not be restricted, and banned from every other player in this Half-Life 2 Role-Play, it should just be restricted from use, from the people who gave it a bad name in the first place.
Why punish the whole classroom for the disrespectful student? Why not punish the disrespectful student, and reward the behaved and well-mannered students?