[geeks] CCW for Ohio!

[Phil Stracchino]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 12:28:10AM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> I'm talking about physical shock.
> 
> I've talked to people hit with powerful handgun and rifle rounds while
> wearing body armor.  The ones I talked to were mostly stunned and
> finished the current action, including one who was a SWAT team member
> who finished an anti-robbery w/hostages mission.
> 
> However, all of them said that it was stunning to get hit, even though
> there was no serious physical damage, and one of them had the breath
> thoroughly knocked out of him.

Hmmm....  With soft armor, yes, everyone seems to agree that being hit
with a large-caliber round is still no picnic.  The term "blunt trauma"
is applicable.  I understand with hard armor (metal or ceramic inserts),
this is less the case because impact forces are distributed better.

In any case, I believe it would be at most a temporary incapacitation
unless you managed to penetrate the armor.


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