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Vests, or plates, don't cover the entire chest cavity. They usually go as high as your jugular notch in the font, top of the shoulder blades in the rear, and halfway up your ribs on the sides. This is so you can still move in them. There are lots of places & angles where you could shoot someone with a vest and still impact the chest. Not to mention bullets don't always travel in straight lines once they impact a dense object like a bone.
Stupid is usually a self correcting problem if it is left well enough alone. These people obviously didn't know that bullet proof (not an accurate title) vests may stop the bullet, but a basic knowledge of physics will tell you that the kinetic energy and force behind that bullet still has to go somewhere and it's still going to hurt. I've seen enough Discovery channel to know that you can still die from getting shot, even if the vest does stop the bullet. Shoot, there was a trooper in TN who was killed years ago by being shot one time, in the vest, and it broke a rib that pierced his lung.
Natural selection at work.....
Every now and then the gene pool needs a little chlorine ...
Years ago a single mother solider moved in next door. Her son was 17-18 or so and started selling weed having cars drive up. One day he starts walking around with an old woodland flak jacket and I hear him bragging to his friends about this bad-ass bullet catcher.Quote:
Originally Posted by bryjcom
I return to the house and come out and ask him if he wants to try it out. [AR15]He went back inside and never wore it again. [Beer]
Let's go with that one...Quote:
Originally Posted by DEAGLER
Do flak jackets stop bullets?
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Only 357sig and 7.62X25. 45ACP zips right through. [beatdeadhorse]Quote:
Originally Posted by Ah Pook
Ouch!Quote:
Originally Posted by jerrymrc
I'm mortally wounded. I should have worn the Level IV.
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