At 06:21 PM 6/7/2006, you wrote:
Rupert Boleyn wrote:
The actual armpit should be protected by the arm itself, and the
stance certainly can be altered to do so if it doesn't already
(pistol dueling stances did this). I'm wondering how long it'll be
before asymmetrical armour with heavier underarm protection on the
presented side comes in.
The protective value of your arm is significantly lower than the
protective value of a vest; shooting through the arm and into the
torso is perfectly practical with reasonably powerful pistol ammunition.
As was the ultimately fatal shot fired against Platt (or was it
Matix?) in the Miami Shootout with the FBI. It passed through the
perp's arm and into the thoracic cavity and given enough time, would
have proven fatal. The perp, on the other hand, had a serious "I'm
not going to f*cking die!" attitude and kept fighting until Agent
Mireles finally put enough holes in him with a shotgun.
Kurt Feltenberger
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