Wednesday marks three years since the racially motivated mass shooting that killed 10 Black people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo. Legislation is now being introduced in honor of one of the shooting victims.

On Monday, U.S. Rep. Tim Kennedy, of New York’s 26th Congressional District, was joined by the families of the victims as he announced new legislation that would ban owning or selling military-grade body armor to civilians at the federal level. It's called the Aaron Salter, Jr. Responsible Body Armor Possession Act.

Salter, a retired Buffalo police officer, was working as a security guard at the Tops store on Jefferson Avenue when the attack happened. He fired multiple times at the attacker, striking his armor-plated vest at least once. The bullet didn’t pierce the shooter's armor and Salter was shot and killed.

Salter's sister, Cashell Durham, spoke at Monday's announcement, saying she feels less alone knowing her brother's memory lives on in efforts to bring about change.

"I do feel honored that they're using his name to reintroduce it. So I do feel honored about that, but sad that we had to lose him to get it," said Durham.

New York has already banned this kind of armor for civilians at the state level. The ban was signed into law and went into effect in July 2022. The first offense for violating the ban is a misdemeanor and any subsequent offense will be a felony.

The legislation allows vendors only to sell to people in law enforcement and law enforcement-adjacent occupations with proper identification at the point of sale. It applies to in-person and online sales.

According to Kennedy, mass shootings with the shooter wearing body armor have also happened in Texas, Colorado, California and Pennsylvania.