Although that is what was initially reported, we should have immediately been highly suspicious that the initial report was in error since we know that self-defense ammunition is tested to insure that it will penetrate heavy clothing and still retain enough energy/momentum to still penetrate adequately into the target.And yet there was a police shooting in NYC not too long ago, where it was reported that several (4 out of 6, I think) of the approved police 9mm rounds were stopped by the Carhartt jacket of the guy they shot.
So what happened?
Two of the bullets that passed through the jacket, into the target, through the target, exited the target and then failed to penetrate OUT the BACK of the jacket.
In other words, they provided not just adequate performance, but IDEAL performance. They penetrated the target through-and-through and exited without sufficient energy/momentum to injure anyone else.
https://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2016/06/03/claims-carhartt-jacket-stopped-nypd-bullets-false/
"The bullets cops fired at an unhinged, knife-waving stagehand in a deadly off-Broadway confrontation last month were not defective — as one report had erroneously suggested, police said Thursday.
On May 18, an NYPD sergeant and an officer fired nine shots at Garry Conrad, after the enraged man approached three cops with an 8-inch blade on Eighth Ave. and 49th St. Conrad did not survive.
Another outlet’s erroneous report suggested two bullets didn’t penetrate Conrad’s non-bullet-proof Carhartt jacket, but Inspector Emanuel Katranakis on Thursday reiterated what police told the Daily News at the time.
“The ammunition and the projectiles functioned as designed,” Katranakis said.
The bullets did not penetrate the back of Conrad’s jacket."
On May 18, an NYPD sergeant and an officer fired nine shots at Garry Conrad, after the enraged man approached three cops with an 8-inch blade on Eighth Ave. and 49th St. Conrad did not survive.
Another outlet’s erroneous report suggested two bullets didn’t penetrate Conrad’s non-bullet-proof Carhartt jacket, but Inspector Emanuel Katranakis on Thursday reiterated what police told the Daily News at the time.
“The ammunition and the projectiles functioned as designed,” Katranakis said.
The bullets did not penetrate the back of Conrad’s jacket."
Let's not let confirmation bias get the best of us, especially when we have the evidence and knowledge to defeat it.
1. Any ammunition so defectively weak that it is incapable of penetrating heavy clothing also wouldn't be able to cycle the slide of a semi-auto pistol.
2. Premium self-defense ammunition is tested to insure proper penetration, even AFTER passing through intermediate barriers such as heavy clothing, sheet metal, auto glass, plywood, drywall, etc.