I am curious about the materials challenge involved or if there are people invested into solving this. The world really could use this right now when laws haven't been able to eradicate gun violence.
There’s plenty of companies out there already doing this for the 1%.
Problem is that they’re just too damn expensive for anyone who is not in the 1%.
Moreover, even the best bulletproof vest isn’t going to help you against a head shot.
And even if they do shoot you in a place where the clothing does help, all it will do is spread that impact out over a larger part of your body. And then you are likely to wish you were dead because of all the pain you’re feeling from the shattered bones and other extreme trauma that can happen when you are hit by a flying sledge hammer which doesn’t penetrate your skin.
The real trick would be something that could make guns just go away.
The headshot is unavoidable, but given the probability I really think it would be wise to stay protected.
"Probability"? Unless you live in Medellín or an active war zone, the probability is negligible.
it was the case that "your looking for trouble" if your a normie and wearing a vest. you see its harder to make people scared of you carrying a gun when they wear ballistic vests, so this has to be delegitimized, as in normal civilians dont need vests as they have LEOs to engage the bad guy, this is compounded by mass shooters wearing ballastic gear during recent events.
It isnt the guns its the weapons, so getting rid of guns is a red herring. The problem is motivation. just like a disease or other demic problem there is a cause or set of causes that lead to mass shootings, mass stabbings, mass bombings, mass vehicular homicide etc. having homicidal motivation and only an [axe] as your means will likely culminate in [axe] murder, etc
all that being said , FIELD EXPEDIENT ballistic shielding and some reads like below.
https://www.xdtalk.com/threads/field-expedient-bulletproofin...
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/budget-body-armor/
http://soldiersystems.net/2017/02/27/bullet-proof-origami-sh...
a good buck knife can help you hack a chunk of drywall plastered in ceremic tiles and assist in hassling bullets trying to do thier job and mantling the bodys kill points from the more discerning shooter.
the mass shooters heuristics are important, not entirely evident for public consumption yet but there is a reason why mass shooters pick a person or a crowd, and somtimes talk to people or warn them instead of killing all encountered.
this cant be modeled until an appropriate forensic examination of the mass shooter mentation occurs and we can maybe find out how to be invisible to a mass shooter, and perhaps, more importantly demotivate the shooter in the first place.
last thing here, Ive never heard of a mass shooter that suddenly occured, as in "hey i just had a great idea!" It seems that mass shooters are built over time via a process, and we should take strives to visualize that process and intercept it.
just like its an offense to possess/operate a firearm when drunk or high, there should be some procedure for a gun possessor that is having a >mental< as in not simply emotional cranky or "you tresspassers git offen m'land" affect, but actual delusional "i must kill 1000 then myself and become god" kind of derangements.
the red flag law is gaining some ground but must be crafted carefully so as not to intersect with 1st and 2nd amendments or im sure it will fail.