Just how many rules are being broken here?

[W L Johnson]

Found this very interesting site and came across this

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/19/steel-shield-for-policemen-is-bullet-proof/

Bullets crashed and ricocheted

If this photo is real, there are people standing in front of and to the side of this thing with no protection what-so-ever. Think they could get away with this today? I'm thinking this may be staged but who knows back then?

 

[Sebastian the Ibis]

in an exciting test of a new shield for policemen at Chicago, Ill.

Another example of the stupid things Chicago authorities do based on their irrational fear of firearms.

 

[JoeSlomo]

Looks like some of the folks I have seen at the range shooting steel....

 

[crazydaysorg]

Having both of the "shooters" synchronized along with the camera catching the smoke (which seems excessive) from the shots on a still camera would be exceedingly difficult. Maybe not impossible, but difficult. It looks to me like some doctoring happened with the picture.

 

[Chuckleberry]

Another example of the stupid things Chicago authorities do based on their irrational fear of firearms.

yeah, but remember that this was at the tail end of some of the nastiest chapters in the Chicago mob wars. They had a pretty good reason to be on edge back then.

 

[Claude Clay]

no glock 40's back than but they sure played the 'professional enough' part well

 

[Tommygunn]

Don't SWAT teams use somewhat larger version of things like that for dynamic entries in some cases? I can't imagine detectives or patrol officers carting these types of things around, but I think that thing's Model M2A10 is still around . . .

 

[Straight Shooter]

Idiocy stands the test of time.

Vest tests:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhyETXW1u0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HP62Doe3Ak&feature=related

 

[BigDeesul]

The funniest part is the slot to look through!! "It's bulletproof just look through this open slot under fire to shoot back" HA!!

 

[FirearmsEnthusiast]

Blanks?

 

[FirearmsEnthusiast]

Davis has an interesting story about that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y44CdrBsfs&NR=1