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Re:Inside America’s Growing Bulletproof Clothing Industry by clavalle on Saturday December 16, 2017 @09:25PM (#15943642)
Not only that but it makes it easier for criminals to have protection from police bullets.
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Re:Inside America’s Growing Bulletproof Clothing Industry by todd8 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @09:44AM (#15945913)
I don't think criminals are wise, but protection from police bullets doesn't seem like a reasonable motivation to wear bulletproof clothing. If required, the Police will simply call out a SWAT team using military weapons. There should be no reasonable expectation that somehow you can survive an armed exchange with the police.

Sadly, there are criminals that have tried bulletproof clothing with the resulting escalation of violence. In 1986 bank robbers wearing bulletproof outfits wounded five and killed two FBI agents in the 1986 FBI Miami shootout. Naturally, the two bad guys didn't survive. See [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FBI_Miami_shootout

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