Because quilted vests look soooo much like scale male... no one will notice and we'll save millions on wardrobe?
I may have to watch this, as it is probably written and filmed by a "bad guy" and this is how they assume the "good guys" will attack and uselessly blow up their own homes and defenses while not actually doing any real harm to the structure that keeps "bad guys" in power.
Knowing your enemy is very important.
But really, the story of Robin Hood only has a happy ending because the good king comes back.
There is nothing of any real solution. There is only peasants who can't stand up for themselves. Don't know how to defend themselves. Can't do anything but pay taxes. And they "have to" be rescued.
Its a recipe for disaster.