Regulating or Banning Body Armor Is Just Plain Stupid

I saw today that Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he is planning to introduce legislation that would require FBI background checks for civilians to purchase body armor. I read it three times thinking I must have misread something. After all why would anyone want to make illegal a purely defensive tool? Well, apparently Sen. Chuch Schumer…

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Episode 206: Russell Steed – Body Armor for Civilians?

Today Riley and Jacob talk about body armor and the options that are available on the market particularly for civilians. We will be talking with Russell Steed, President of Citizen Armor about some of the laws regarding body armor. Plus we’ll talk about some of the exciting technology that is hitting the market making body armor even better, safer and affordable!

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Will VHS Tapes Stop A Bullet?

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What is one of the first things you’d likely do if ever fired upon and needed to use your weapon in self-defense? Personally speaking, getting to an area where I can get behind something that’ll offer protection of some sort is at, or as close as you can get to, the top of the list…

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Is a Motorcycle Helmet Bulletproof?

Ok, so a lot of people count on a helmet to protect their head from asphalt at 60 mph. So it isn’t so crazy to wonder if that same helmet might protect your noggin from a bullet. Well we decided to test out the theory. We started with a .380 auto and in the video below you can see the results.

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