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    Bullet Proof Vest

    ...And every officer I ever worked with bitched about his or her vest at some point or the other, and a few even kept 'em in the trunk until the Sheriff ordered otherwise. Anyway... we're far enough off-topic that we've probably doomed this thread. All I had in mind was to warn TNboy not to...
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    Bullet Proof Vest

    The report on the evening news mentioned the various injuries, including one to an arm, not mentioned in the on-line article. Besides, it says "stabbed in the back", not an attempted stab to the back. And I can't think of a good reason to mention "stabbed 3 times" if the only injury was to his...
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    Bullet Proof Vest

    PTK, a vest is far more uncomfortable than any firearm I've ever carried. So, you're not pointing anything out so much as making something up. Also, there was just a report on the local news about an officer being in the hospital after being stabbed 3 times; once in the neck, once in the...
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    Bullet Proof Vest

    Probably not, due to the fact that if you "just like the feel of it", you're too damn crazy to be let run loose by yourself any way. ;) Seriously, a ballistic vest is probably the most uncomfortable thing I've ever worn. And anybody that wears one without being in a job or situation where they...
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    Bullet Proof Vest

    All I can tell you folks is that in the demonstration they gave at the Police Academy, both knives and hunting arrows ( The bladed variety, NOT field points ) made short work of the ballistic vests they used ( also level IIIa, as I recall). Granted, that's been more than a decade ago, but the...
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    Bullet Proof Vest

    The only part of a ballistic vest that'll even slow down a knife or other sharp weapon ( hunting arrows, for instance ) is the trauma plate... the roughly 4' x 8" ceramic or alloy plate in the center of the chest. The rest of the vest is fairly easy to poke a knife through, since Kevlar works...
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    McDonald v. Chicago - Whats the chance of Strict Scrutiny?

    And here you were being so helpful before.... :neener: Ah well... come on June. J.
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    McDonald v. Chicago - Whats the chance of Strict Scrutiny?

    My point is that I think they had all of this pretty much worked out before they even agreed to hear Heller... After all, there's no way they didn't know where Heller would lead, and I'm quite certain that they know where McDonald is going to lead. ( Doesn't Gura already have the next...
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    McDonald v. Chicago - Whats the chance of Strict Scrutiny?

    I'm betting they've done that already, 'Bear. Probably right after Heller. J.
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    McDonald v. Chicago - Whats the chance of Strict Scrutiny?

    That's what I'm thinking, RDak. J.
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    McDonald v. Chicago - Whats the chance of Strict Scrutiny?

    So... for SCOTUS to fully answer the question set before it by the lower court, they will have to think on the level of scrutiny as well, it seems. ( Notice I said "think on", not "rule on". ) Interesting... I wonder if they'll tell us what they've decided now, or drag it out a while longer...
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    McDonald v. Chicago - Whats the chance of Strict Scrutiny?

    I think you're missing my point, Bob... If the court makes a ruling that would ordinarily gain us Strict Scrutiny, but then throws some twist in there that absolutely doesn't allow it... then they have decided on and ruled on the issue of scrutiny. They don't have to speak directly on the...
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    McDonald v. Chicago - Whats the chance of Strict Scrutiny?

    It seems to me that scrutiny is being decided, and the Justices know it. What level is applied will be dependent on how the 2nd is incorporated, and to what degree, so the level of scrutiny the court wants or thinks is appropriate certainly has to play into their decision, if only in a...
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    McDonald v. Chicago - Whats the chance of Strict Scrutiny?

    Given that, then here's the real question: What exactly is the court's agenda these days? What are their goals, and what are they (possibly) up to? They have the job for life, so job security isn't it... and as far as power goes, they have more, in many respects, than the people that put...
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    McDonald v. Chicago - Whats the chance of Strict Scrutiny?

    I got the impression from reading and re-reading the transcripts that there's a very real chance of incorporation under P or I... It seemed to be something that Chief Justice Roberts certainly had on his mind. ( Why else re-visit it in the last 3 minutes of arguments, if it was completely...
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