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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (641540)	1/8/2012 3:54:11 PM
From: d[-_-]b	4 Recommendations Respond to of 1578552

For starters there are many types and qualities of vests and none of them are truly bullet proof - they simply can't stop everything and are designed with assumptions like expected metallurgy, calibers and distances as velocity decreases with distance. Most rifle bullets can penetrate a vest due to their higher velocities, very few handgun bullets/calibers will work even if "hardened" since they don't develop the needed velocities no matter what they are made from. Pistols are generally in the 1000-1400 fps range, rifles can go higher than 4000 fps - a lot more energy. The one bullet designed (for NATO) to defeat a (specific) vest is the SS190 by FN Herstal for the Five Seven Pistol and PS90 rifle, the bullet is sold only to the military and law enforcement anyway. The ATF has tested the civilian versions of the 5.7x28 and concluded they are not armor piercing. Of course vests don't do much for head shots and even if shot in the vest it pretty much takes out the combatant for awhile as it's not pleasant to take that much energy. If you can find a specific bullet that should be banned I'd be happy to look into that - but vague claims of "Cop Killer" bullets is just media hysteria like the gun show loophole - which is just normal sale of property between citizens. Any gun sold by a licensed gun dealer goes through a NICS back ground check at every gun show in the country. Several gun show operators are requiring membership and back ground checks on all guns no matter if through a dealer or not - this trend is good enough to address the issue and does not need a new law.