What's the point? Statistically not worth the cost.

Alternately, I'd pay a fortune for idiot-proof clothing, and I'd never take it off.

Because I want to feed the paranoia I voted yes both times. FEAR!!! It's very American!!

When it's time to go, it's time to go.

I hope we reach a tipping point on gun policy soon and fear what it will take to get there.

This is the endgame for the gun assholes. We will do nothing, and thus we will nod our heads and don our bulletproof whatevers so the gun shitheads can carry on with their perverted fantasies. And there's nothing anybody can do about it.

When I was in the Army, the drill sergeants demonstrated how protective a Kevlar helmet was by shooting a single round at one with an M-16 at about 30 yards.

The bullet went through one side and out the other.

They can be called Delusional Fashions.

@7,10, The helmet is not intended to stop a bullet coming straight on. It is designed to protect against shrapnel and reduce the damage of a bullet at a glancing angle.
Anyway…I ain't about to start wearing a Kevlar helmet or underwear just so some doofus who doesn't understand the constitution can run around with an assault rifle. Enough of this nonsense already.

Fear is the Mind Killer

@11 is correct, as any other ex-sniper could tell you

@13, just because you had to take fifteen minutes of rifle training before you were hustled off the range and introduced to the nice clipboards in the supply closet for the rest of your military service doesn't make you a "sniper". I'll bet your training officer still to this day considers it a miracle that you didn't accidentally shoot yourself or someone else in training.

Sniper, yah, that's a good one. You're a dickhead, not a sniper. Armies are full of them. There are whole sections of protocol on how to keep them away from the real soldiers and away somewhere where they can do no real harm.

@10,
I was in the Army in the early 90's. Helmets might be more protective today, but I would still bet they aren't going to stop rounds from an assault rifle.

@11,
Yeah, that was actually their point of the demonstration, that even though your helmet is the most protective gear for an individual soldier, it's not designed to stop bullets, just to protect from shrapnel and other indirect attacks.

In other words, they were trying to tell us if the enemy started firing, don't just stand there, get your ass on the ground.

Not taking sides or anything... I was just a kid when I joined the army and had no idea that "bulletPROOF" was really only "bullet-slows-down-a-bit-maybe." It was a good lesson.

People have a seriously distorted notion of what in this world is dangerous, largely because they're stupid enough to get most of their information from the media.

Gun violence is down 50% since its peak in 1993 and you have a greater chance of being struck by lightning than dying in a mass shoiting, no matter what the media tells you to be afraid of today.

Know what the most dangerous thing you do every day is that results in the most deaths?

It's not driving a car and it's not guns and it's not terrorism.

It's taking a shower. Statistically that's the most dangerous thing you do. Look it up.

People need to quit buying into what the media tells them to be afraid of and learn some critical thinking skills.

Well... how fashionable is it? Is it slimming? Is it comfortable?

Someone who's already become a trend setter will have to let me know, the products section is almost completely broken.