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[–]fuckingHUGEtits 20 points21 points ago

most photogenic man who's ever been shot in the chest

[–]ILL_Show_Myself_Out 7 points8 points ago

JFK?

[–]nakkinator[!] 20 points21 points ago

Chest.

[–]elMulatto 7 points8 points ago

BOOOM!!!!........headshot

[–]akuzin 1 point2 points ago

No, sorry the answer is who is JFK

[–]CobraJones 0 points1 point ago

Too soon!

[–]cherrychoochoo 10 points11 points ago

Wonder how he got that job. The other guy has one on too, so maybe it was a "I'll do it if you do it" sort of thing. Coin toss for who goes first.

[–]WestheimerRd 6 points7 points ago

I kinda feel like "testing" wasn't the right word. Maybe demonstrating or putting it through it's paces. But wouldn't they only try it out on after they tested the material and decided it was safe off?

[–]MoreFlyThanYou 2 points3 points ago

Right, but it was a test to see what kind of force was still transfered through the vest into the human body. Didn't really have the capacity to mimic the broken ribs/bruising it would cause.

[–]WestheimerRd 1 point2 points ago

I suppose. The context of the title didn't really convey what stage of testing. The way I read it, it said... Tough men being tough enough to risk their lives for testing.

[–]doozer0 1 point2 points ago

They could always use cadavers.

[–]WestheimerRd 0 points1 point ago

Or pigs.

[–]MoreFlyThanYou -2 points-1 points ago

So you have NO understanding of how the human body works then? If blood has stopped flowing how would the body bruise?

[–]doozer0 0 points1 point ago

You could still, at least, see how many, if any, broken bones there would be.

[–]thermobollocks 6 points7 points ago

This looks so impromptu -- makes me long for the days where you could just go out back and shoot things.

[–]Dr_Medic345 9 points10 points ago

Stylish as fuck.

[–]Cloud_Fish 4 points5 points ago

How is he not doubled over in pain... Is this guy actually bulletproof himself?

[–]slenski 1 point2 points ago

I'm sure milliseconds after this photo was taken he winced in pain

[–]Hassu 0 points1 point ago

Winced? he probably keeled over.

[–]jb0356 3 points4 points ago

That dude spent over 30 years traveling around the country mostly shooting himself in the torso, instead of having others shoot him.

Almost died once at an Army range because testing it against a M1 garand. The RSO said noone is getting shot at on his range so they strapped it to a post. Turns out they didn't know that the rifle was loaded with AP rounds. Clean through.

Dude was a hell of a sales man and made a good living.

[–]slenski 0 points1 point ago

This story is interesting as hell. Source?

[–]trspanache 0 points1 point ago

Ill never do anything this brave

[–]Knoxolicious 1 point2 points ago

"... and this is for science, right Ed? ...Ed?"

[–]zeug666 1 point2 points ago

And we also used blanks. You're a sick motherfucker, Mac.

[–]ndchristie 1 point2 points ago

One assumes they were demonstrating a product they knew to be effective - not just futzing around with revolvers and saying "hey Jim let's see if it'll work this time..."

[–]elwang 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, looks way more like a demonstration than a test.

[–]bweezy26 0 points1 point ago

Is that Diplo being shot?

[–]HamsterGuard 0 points1 point ago

Well, looks like George Mcfly was doing the time traveling. Not Marty.

[–]Scribbl3d_Out 0 points1 point ago

fires gun "So did it work bob?" "..Bob" "Nope didn't work."