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Stylish Bulletproof Suit Could Save Your Life

Posted November 06, 2013 12:30 PM

From Discovery News:

Bulletproof vests are so 1990. Kevlar is going the way of corduroy. Make way for a stylish new look that goes from battlefield to bar.

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11/07/2013 3:07 AM

$20k power suit!!!

Anyone needing to own one of these has to seriously ask themselves why they are such a desirable target. No friends perhaps.

You never see bullet proof overalls being offered for sale to engineers. No enemies perhaps.

If you need a bodyguard or (civilian)bullet proof attire then you have to seriously think about how your life choices have turned you into a target.

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11/07/2013 9:39 AM

Anyone needing to own one of these has to seriously ask themselves why they are such a desirable target.

True?,..... but that depends on where they get their income and the risks of there means of income.......

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11/07/2013 7:17 AM

This is so you can defend yourself from guys in $1250 kidskin guntoters' jackets.

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11/07/2013 9:13 AM

Why not go all the way.....

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11/07/2013 10:14 AM

That's why I tend to go for a head shot. The best body armor in the world doesn't do you any good if I shoot you some place it isn't covering.

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11/07/2013 10:38 AM

He he he....

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11/07/2013 11:15 AM

What?

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11/07/2013 11:19 AM

I wouldn't want to shoot him! He will do more harm to himself than anyone else ever could without killing him!

Besides he's just a puppet. Cut his strings and he will just lay on floor blankly staring at you.

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