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Here is a piece of bulletproof glass used on bullet proof cars that takes 18 rounds and isn’t pierced. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_FN5xzeVluc

I have a water resistant watch and I understand I can’t go diving with it, but I feel like maybe this glass is more than resistant enough to qualify as “proof”?

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Bulletproof is a reason that we will see black pr about this truck because many places like Australia/Canada have tried to outlaw these mods due to well known gangsters using them the police are too incompetent to arrest. For example it's illegal to sell bulletproof vests here. Everytime I read some critic of this truck it's from a place that has these laws in place, Musk needs to counter this onslaught of blackPR from 'unfree' countries such as my own who can't arrest known felons so resort to punishing everybody else trying to ban or make illegal these features.

Only BC, AB, MB and NS restrict body armour sales. If you live in any other province there is no restriction.

What is the use case for bullet proof glass for a civilian that isn't in the USA?

Are you saying that cops would prefer to shoot gangsters through normal glass than just arrest them at home?

I don't think Australia has any issue banning things, it did guns and cracked open encryption. You're reaching for a conspiracy.

Criminals shooting at each other, the politicians here and their PR firms routinely try to reduce the culture of impunity these criminals have flaunting in public their status from the safety of modded bulletproof vehicles and seize them as illegal because they can't ever for some reason just jail the criminal. It's a reached for conspiracy but they have done blackPR like this in the past.

Members of the public certainly do not want 'incompetent' police using anti vehicle RPGs against cars because of this stainless steel opression vehicle.

Multiple impacts do degrade the performance but the calibre of bullet is also a factor. The video was using a .223 (5.56mm) which is pretty standard for AR15 derived assault rifles. A slightly larger 7.62mm round will have more force and might be able to penetrate the glass. Bigger rounds like .338 lapua or a .50 cal would have even more energy and be more likely to penetrate the glass, especially if it was weakened by previous impacts.

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