Chances are, though, it would have made him duck, regardless.
“Chances are, though, it would have made him duck, regardless.”
Protective equipment serves to make taking a shot less lethal, it does not keep rounds from knocking you to your ass and taking your breath away. You take 4 or 5 rounds from a 45 into your ‘protected’ chest, you’ve knocked all momentum out of whatever the perp was intending.