Police Worried About New Vest-Penetrating Gun

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[AnAmericanMother]

More B.S. from the gun-banners.

They don't tell you that ANY center fire rifle bullet - even the lowly .30-30 - will penetrate your average police vest. The NATO vest does a good deal better, but those steel plates get heavy after awhile . . .

[Darksheare]

Everything I've been told gripes that the FN Five Seven is underpowered.
I'm not a pistol man, so I don't know.
But that is what I've read.

[Brilliant]

"This does not belong in the civilian population. The only thing that comes out of this is profits for the company and dead police officers," Troy said.

I have to agree with Troy.

[End Times Sentinel]

I'm not a cop, but personally, I wouldn't be nearly as worried about a gun that penetrates vests as I would bullets that penetrate the vest.  Guns almost never kill people.  Bullets do.

Owl_Eagle

"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in.  I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"

-Hillary Clinton

(Yes, she really said that

[tfecw]

no it doesn't belong in the criminal population. If liberal states would kill some of these repeat criminals then they wouldn't have to worry about these things.

[45Auto]

FN Five Seven:

[.38sw]

Well, according to this, the pistol is available only to law enforcement and military.

[AdamSelene235]

Gee, the same thing is true for the $100 tokarev or the AR15 pistol that have been available for decades.

[tfecw]

exactly...and don't they have bullets that penatrate vest already? It's not like these company made a bullet that is the first to ever go through a police vets

[cspackler]

Amazingly, I've never seen a gun actually penetrate a vest.

[45Auto]

Another view:

Interesting round from the looks of it.

[Gefreiter]

"...company boasts the five-seven's ability to penetrate more than 48 layers of Kevlar ...if you use a five-seven, 28-mm armor-piercing bullet."

Well, Jesus Christmas, what vest wiill NOT be defeated by a "28mm bullet"?!

[NautiNurse]

Was shown info on this weapon last weekend. It is hard to buy right now--demand exceeding supply. I believe it costs around $800-900.

[Tempest]

What is the name of the company that would be so irresponsible as to manufacture such a weapon?

[Puppage]

KNIVES CAN PENETRATE VESTS

[hiredhand]

Not this crap again!

I know I'm preaching to the choir here....but the minimal requirements for most police departments in this country is NIJ threat level II. This stops "most" handgun rounds.

But if it's concealability that's the concern, then consider the civilianized version of the M4. Not quite as hideable as a handgun, but much easier than a full sized rifle...and it will poke holes in NIJ TL-II body armor all day long.

Whadda bunch-a-hype. The sky is falling!

[AdamSelene235]

I have to agree with Troy.

Then you might as well ban all handguns (most of which can be modified to bust vests) all rifles,etc,etc.

[45Auto]

Anyway, its not a "28" mm round, its a 5.7 x 28, that looks a little like a shorter version of the Remington 221 Fireball, scaled down for a pistol magazine.

[FreeInWV]

I almost responded, but then realized my knowledge of the subject matter would likely get me a visit from law enforcement. Sometimes it is best to just STFU.