{"id":2680,"date":"2021-05-20T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2021-05-11T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:05:40","slug":"why-bulletproof-hoodies-and-backpacks-are-bullshit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2021\/05\/why-bulletproof-hoodies-and-backpacks-are-bullshit\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bulletproof Hoodies and Backpacks are Bullshit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This video isn\u2019t about \u201cbulletproof backpacks\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2020\/01\/06\/bulletproof-childrens-hoodie.html\">bulletproof hoodies<\/a>\u201d and all the other misery-profiteering school products out there\u2014but it illustrates an important point, which is that this shit isn\u2019t a +4 magic shield; you have to stop the projectile, and you have to do something with the force it\u2019s exerted, and you have to be able to get up and get moving to avoid getting shot in the face or the crotch or anywhere else that\u2019s exposed because you\u2019re on the ground and gasping.\u00a0 Life isn\u2019t a video game:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QjgGlolY-8s\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Heck, just jump to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QjgGlolY-8s?t=214\">~3:34<\/a>, and see the wreckage caused by an <em>extremely common<\/em>, extremely legal gun\u2014even when the bullet is stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/5771\/6791\/files\/Wonderful_Vest_TEST2019.pdf?375\">the testing documentation for the bullet-resistant hoodies<\/a> featured in that BoingBoing article linked above.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do those hoodies stop a .44 Mag?&nbsp; Yup!&nbsp; <strong>Zero penetration<\/strong>.&nbsp; That is indeed impressive.&nbsp; But look closer at these results: the witness panel was deformed by 1.25 inches on average. That\u2019s how far that bullet would go into your body\u2014<em>even though it hasn\u2019t torn the fabric<\/em>. It\u2019s called \u201csoft body armor\u201d for a reason, folks.&nbsp; The manufacturer <em>implies<\/em> that the hood will protect you, but that\u2019s a load of shit:&nbsp; If your skull suffers a blunt penetration of 1.25 inches, you are <em>dead<\/em>. Your brain is only about .5 inches from the outside world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video isn\u2019t about \u201cbulletproof backpacks\u201d and \u201cbulletproof hoodies\u201d and all the other misery-profiteering school products out there\u2014but it illustrates an important point, which is that this shit isn\u2019t a +4 magic shield; you have to stop the projectile, and you have to do something with the force it\u2019s exerted, and you have to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2021\/05\/why-bulletproof-hoodies-and-backpacks-are-bullshit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why Bulletproof Hoodies and Backpacks are Bullshit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[95,33,54,66,418,132],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2681,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions\/2681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}