Arizona man fatally shot while testing bulletproof vest

Assoc. Press ^ | 02/13/2013

[Songcraft]

Let's not be hasty here.   One test is hardly sufficient to draw generalized conclusions.   We need to gather much more test evidence, to make a proper determination of the efficacy of this vest.   I propose we perform multiple tests on this new vest product, on the following list of test volunteers:

Jim Acosta
James Clapper
John Brennan
Jim Comey
Andrew Cuomo
Don Lemon
Andrew McCabe
Mitch McConnell
Rod Rosenstein
Chuck Schumer
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[deport]

Did he hit the vest?

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Watson fired one round, wounding Lynch in the abdomen.

[Fido969]

Ready, shoot, aim.

Alcohol likely involved, which might have added to poor aim.

[VTenigma]

Words to live by. Never point a firearm at anything you do not wist to destroy. I learned this at 5 years old.

[Fightin Whitey]

Do you mean start with a watermelon and work your way up to a bullet?

Not as easy as it sounds

p.s. Just desserts, so to speak, for wasting God's greatest fruit!

[Mr. Mohasky]

Exactly what I was thinking. At over 2500 feet per second this round can penetrate most bullet resistant vests. Perhaps a .40 or .45 from a pistol would’ve been a different story.

[RooRoobird20]

......so, these guys most likely were drunk. Sounds like the guy who shot missed the bulletproof vest.

[HamiltonJay]

Have you ever seen a kevlar (bullet proof vest) on high speed? Even though it can stop actual penetration of a bullet, without the ceramic armor plating, you are still going to have a VERY BAD DAY if you are shot.

Why anyone would ever tell someone shoot me bro, who didn’t intend to die, is beyond me.

[lakecumberlandvet]

There are no proper words to adequately describe the ignorance involved in this shooting incident.

[TalBlack]

Sounds like he got enough time to contemplate what a fool he is...or was. RIO, fella.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Lol

[BobL]

A better option is to simply NOT have people shooting 223’s at you...but I guess that requires some degree of mental development.

[Tucsonican]

My secretary grew up in that area. When I told her about this she just kind of nodded and said, “Yeah, that kind of thing happens around there”.

[BTerclinger]

Paul Harrell tests 3A Body Armor vs. 5.56 Nato and 7.62 x 39

(photo above is from testing his "meat target" against pistols. IMHO, the guy is good but a little 'loquacious' so you may want to ride the speed button watching his videos).

[Company Man]

Sadly, I don't believe this is even the first time this has happened.

Somewhere, George Satanaya is weeping.

[Celtic Conservative]

Cough(ballistic gelatin) cough.

CC

[SgtHooper]

One more point in testing your bullet-proof vest...make sure the idiot firing the weapon can AIM, and HIT THE INTENDED SPOT!!

[Polynikes]

He would have had similar results from a hunting bow and a field head arrow. Its all about the shape of the projectile. A .223 rifle round or a field point arrow from a >60# will penetrate by parting the the Kevlar fibers. The story is somewhat vague and doesn't tell what the rating was or who the manufacturer was.

I highly suspect alcohol was involved. Darwin award candidates all around

[wally_bert]

Maybe he saw the coat being demonstrated in Goldfinger.

[webheart]

Missed it by that much!