[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Obama's smart bullets in action.

Also an advert for Carhart.

[Billthedrill]

Four of the shots that cops fired at a madman waving a knife in Midtown failed to penetrate his jacket — which was not bullet-proof...

Well, not to nit-pick, but apparently it was. I'm not inclined to get back into the caliber holy wars (except for trolling fun) because the fact is that modern ammunition has done some strange things: given credibility back to the venerable .380, for one. I still wouldn't want that as a primary carry piece but you fight with the gun you have on you, after all.

I'm an advocate of equipping people who are armed in my interest with the best ammunition available in a very competitive market. Limiting military or law enforcement.personnel to non-expanding ammunition, for example, based on the century-old first Hague Convention that we didn't even sign, strikes me as perfectly silly and irresponsible. We know far more about this technology now than we did in 1899.

Personally I'd suspect shot placement long before I'd suspect ammunition, but we'll see what the investigation comes up with.

[Oztrich Boy]

Four of the shots that cops fired at a madman waving a knife in Midtown failed to penetrate his jacket — which was not bullet-proof

Oh yes it was!

[Pharmboy]

nypd ping

[dangerdoc]

I saw bullet proof Carhart jackets for sale at a gun store this winter.