Yeah, body armor - mostly vests but also more substantial ballistic-resistant items - is available from various sources, mostly online. Nothing illegal about it. Unfortunately, some determined criminals are buying it to improve their chances if they get shot at by would-be victims or police. These were serious armed robbers, or at least they wanted to be serious armed robbers, choosing a cash-rich business and wearing masks and body armor. Kudos to the business manager.
I had to open the link to make sure it wasn’t an old link. I know I remember this exact scenario within the last year. Attempting a dispensary holdup in body armor.
DGU with no deaths. 4v1 and the one prevailed. Another example where with modern medicine being shot was not fatal. Placement is key and a person can continue to be a threat after they are shot.
DGU with no deaths. Pretty straightforward on this one - it’s difficult to control multiple people simultaneously and especially when one of them is armed.
DGU with no deaths. Home invader shot in the upper chest and still able to be treated and released - another example where shot placement is key and that a threat may not be eliminated with a single shot.
I (a California resident) am up in Oregon for the weekend. At a small town rummage sale someone was selling handguns, cash, no questions asked, no background check - a strange, new world for a (usually) law-abiding California shooter. One was a very nice Smith .38sp revolver with sweet wooden grips. Very comfortable.
Don’t ask, don’t tell: don’t ask me, and I won’t tell you.
The Second Amendment is alive and well in some states: that is my positive gun news for the day.
Like carnivorousplant, yes, thanks aceplace57. A gun can be handy when you’re out and about amongst undesired critters, whether they are 2-legged critters, 4-legged critters, or slithering no-legged critters. When hiking out in the middle of nowhere, for example, if a mountain lion takes too much of an interest in me, I’d like to be prepared.
We hike in our woods several times a week. My gf carries a compressed air horn. The last time she saw a black bear it was running away before she even had the horn out of her pocket.
but a innocent life was saved.