[geeks] CCW for Ohio!

[Nick]

It all depends on the energy applied.  Lets assume you manage to find
something that will evenly distribute the force of a BMG 50 round hitting
a person across their entire chest (Good Luck).  That human now looks like
they were hit with a very large hammer.  They probably have not one single
rib left intact, and are otherwise crushed.  All body armor does is
convert the trauma, and spread it out.  Throw enough energy at the problem
and it no longer matters if it's spread over one cubic inch or fifty.
	Nick

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> 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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