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Florida man killed after asking if bulletproof vest works, police say
www.clickorlando.com ^ | Updated: 8:17 AM, September 12, 2016 | Staff

Posted on 09/12/2016 10:20:44 AM PDT by Red Badger

TAMPA, Fla. - Police say a Florida man asking if a bulletproof vest "still worked" was fatally shot by his cousin.

A Tampa police report says Joaquin Mendez, 23, put on the vest late Saturday and "wondered aloud whether it still worked."

Police say his cousin, Alexandro Garibaldi, 24, pulled out a gun and responded, "Let's see."

Officers found Mendez outside the house with a gunshot wound in his chest. Mendez died at a hospital.

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To: Red Badger
The government could, if it had the mind to do so, could declare your friend’s invention ‘National Security’ technology and ban its sale to foreign entities................

It is not my "friend's" invention; he is just a principal in the company. I am not sure what his title in. He was career Marine Corps and helps put on demonstrations. They are of course working with the government and of course they have restrictions on who they can sell their products to. They are already not allowed to sell to just anyone and any sale to a foreign entities would have to be approved. How do you think the Clinton Foundation got all of those donations? Currently, they are working mostly on selling their products to law enforcement agencies and our military. The difficulty is that the departments and the military all have made considerable investments in current technology.

41 posted on 09/12/2016 11:27:24 AM PDT by fireman15 (The USA will be toast if the Democrats are able to take the Presidency in 2016)
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To: Red Badger
Bullet Deflects Off Officer's Badge in Pursuit Shooting


42 posted on 09/12/2016 11:34:34 AM PDT by Daffynition (*If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?*~ Gene Wilder)
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To: SaxxonWoods

A tree would have been a better test subject for sure, at a minimum you’re going to have some broken ribs.


43 posted on 09/12/2016 11:43:39 AM PDT by Coffee_drinker (The best defense is a strong preemptive strike.)
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To: Blue Jays

“Yes.”

Thank you for that helpful analysis.


44 posted on 09/12/2016 11:45:06 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Kenton

No mention of it.................


45 posted on 09/12/2016 11:52:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Sans-Culotte
His equally foolish friend recorded the whole thing for youtube.

A friend will help you move.

A good friend will help you move a body...............even your own................

46 posted on 09/12/2016 11:54:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: fireman15
A lot of people think that Vietnam era flak jackets are “bullet proof vests”, that may be what this was.

Ballistic nylon not Kevlar

47 posted on 09/12/2016 12:27:09 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Red Badger

As Paul Harvey would say

NOW the REST of the story

Apparently HoseA put the vest on and asked the question.
HoseB pulled the trigger and it ‘stopped’ the bullet.
HoseA said - how can we prove that the vest stopped the bullet.
HoseB said - take off the vest and we will see.

And, that my friends, is how it all came down.


48 posted on 09/12/2016 12:53:04 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)" "If you see a civilian in cammies -- bump into him")
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To: butlerweave

And now filled with holes


49 posted on 09/12/2016 12:55:04 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (what a mess we got ourselves into)
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To: xrmusn

I miss Paul Harvey ................


50 posted on 09/12/2016 12:56:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Red Badger

I’m betting that alcohol was involved.


51 posted on 09/12/2016 3:06:55 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Only idiot liberals believe that disarming the sheep makes them safe from the wolves.)
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To: mountn man
Donnie, you're out of your element!

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho! God Bless Texas!

52 posted on 09/12/2016 3:48:37 PM PDT by wku man (Just One Gun, the latest from 10 Pound Test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6uFqQenIU4)
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To: mountn man

In Goodmans case, replace Beer with Sammich


53 posted on 09/12/2016 3:52:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Red Badger

Never buy a ballistic vest where ya buy roasted green chiles ! Man did I learn that the hard way .....:o)


54 posted on 09/12/2016 4:52:56 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Red Badger

I don’t remember who asked, but it was not a bulletproof vest, it was a flak jacket. I found the article in another forum earlier.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3785900/Man-shot-wearing-flak-jacket-not-bullet-proof-vest.html

Kevlar vest, flak jacket...big difference.


55 posted on 09/12/2016 8:39:10 PM PDT by Paleo Pete (Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.)
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To: Paleo Pete

Ignorance is deadly...........


56 posted on 09/12/2016 8:53:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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