What caliber/ammo to penetrate tactical thong?

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What the heck? Thong wearing robbers caught on security cam...

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Beware the Whale Tail Gang?
Police in Colorado hunt for robbers who wore women’s thongs as masks
AP
In this image rendered from video and provided by Arvada, Colo., police, two suspects are seen inside an Arvada gas station May 16.

updated 12:14 a.m. CT, Mon., June. 2, 2008

ARVADA, Colo. - Police in a Colorado town are searching for two robbers whose masks showed plenty of fashion sense but little modesty: women's thong underwear.

A surveillance video released this week by police in Arvada, Colo., shows two unarmed men inside the convenience store. They stole an undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes in the robbery May 16.

One man wore a green thong and the other wore blue. Each thong barely covered the man's nose, mouth and chin and left the rest of his face exposed. One also wore a pink backpack in which he stuffed the stolen items.

The suspects also wore T-shirts and pants and were described as in their 20s. One had a left arm tattoo.

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wow, I dont know if I could have taken them seriously. I feel like I would have just lauged.

I understand using pantyhose because it actually covers youre whole face but this is just silly.

I dont think you need any caliber. A good slap to the head should have been sufficient.
 
They look Oriental.

Maybe they're members of a...Chinese Fighting Thong?

Biker
 
Kinda makes sense if you think about it. Obstructs the features without impairing vision. Pantyhose pulled over the head make it much tougher to see things. (Er, or so I'm told...)
Bet it'll be that tat that gets them arrested.
 
They don't want to be recognized but that tatoo can be traced almost like a fingerprint.... idiot robbers!

I don't know any agency that doesn't take pictures of tattoos when they book suspects. I know of several crimes that have been solved that way. I always said I arrested more stupid people then truly evil ones.

Jeff
 
Thong you very much for sharing this. Just as enjoyable as the robber who used duct tape to wrap his head with just before he tried to hit a liquor store. His efforts weren't as successful.
 
I bet if you asked anyone in that store what they looked like the only response would be, "I dunno, they had thongs on their heads!" Nobody would be looking at your face to be able to ID you, they would be staring at the brightly colored thong on your face. Of course being caught on camera doesn't really help this theory. Maybe, just maybe they are smarter than we give them credit for... but probably not!
 
...Fake tattoo? Seems a bit obvious to cover your face, and leave such an identifying mark uncovered--unless it's not real. A couple of Ko-hi-noor pens and the right ink, and you got an identifying mark that washes off after the crime...

"Your honor, my client very clearly has no tattoo on his arm, and we ask for a dismissal."
 
I think a streetsweeper would make an excellent tactical thong penetrator. Want some cigarettes? How about a handful of 12 guage to the face!
 
geez....that is just strange.

Nice catch about the tat being on the RIGHT arm, that was pretty funny.

Unarmed with thongs on their face, yet showing their tats........I'm going with stupid criminals on this one.
Like robbing a store with a thong on your head isn’t going to get put on the internet for EVERYONE to see. :banghead:
 
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Here is a link to the actual video footage:

http://www.kare11.com/news/national/national_article.aspx?storyid=513093

From what I read in other articles the robber had a tatoo on each arm, the cross in the the photo and a "tribal" tatoo on the left arm. The use of word "tribal" makes me think these are american indians.

At the beginning of the video, one of the idiots looks into the store through the glass door without a mask/thong and gives a decent look at his face. Obviously the police or probably the media thought it was just too damned funny to circulate the thong photos and the not the face photo.

They also thought it was too funny to mention that the cashier got roughed up pretty good.

So aside from being idiots and thieves, they are ***holes too.

But I agree, it is a funny story.:)
 
Biker posted:

"They look Oriental.

Maybe they're members of a...Chinese Fighting Thong?"

Maybe they are involved in a thong war.
 
From what I read in other articles the robber had a tatoo on each arm, the cross in the the photo and a "tribal" tatoo on the left arm. The use of word "tribal" makes me think these are american indians.

"Tribal" in tattoo parlance refers to stylized geometric patterns, and is not generally related to an individuals membership or lack thereof in relation to an actual tribe IRL, although it may be intended to show a personal resonance or affinity.

Here is a link to some images or "tribal tattoos".

http://www.tribal-celtic-tattoo.com/tribal1.htm

As to what caliber is needed to penetrate a tactical thong, I'd say one equivalent to the caliber of intelligence it took to come up with the idea of wearing them in the first place.
 
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