JohnKSa wrote:
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in a scenario such as this we must throw out the COM concept. Like the N. Hollywood shoot out; if that is what you practice that is what you'll do. We saw how that turned out.
One must consider any and all available holes in the armor system. Arms, more specifically the area in the vest that the arms come out from is one such place. The white triangle is another possibility. Head, knee caps, feet, ankles/ lower legs (a N. Hollywood game changer) are all on the list. There is no chance to go forward of the line to score your shots and determine what's going on. It's dark, it's smoky, there's an irritant in the air, there are people screaming and running around and the bad guy is dressed in dark clothing and shooting back.
In that environment, a CCW'er is supposed to be able to score his hits well enough to realize that the bad guy is armored before his compact carry gun runs dry? Or visually assess the target with enough accuracy to determine he's armored before opening fire? I don't think so.
Let's assume he's really that good. So now, after only expending a few rounds (or none if he's sharp enough to visually detect body armor), our fearless hero realizes he's got to shoot not for a man-sized target, but for a head-sized or smaller target. Still in the dark, still with a moving target, and with someone shooting back through the smoke and irritants in the air. People are screaming, running, getting shot, getting trampled, but now our defender is somehow able to adjust his aim and, with the few shots in his carry pistol, without being shot himself, he threads the needle to hit the weak points in the armor. That might make a good movie, but it's pure fantasy, in my opinion.
