Underwire Bra Stops Boar Hunter’s Bullet

By Dan Zimmerman

There’s a huge market out there for personal body armor. A big (and heavy) part of the load-out our boys in the sandbox schlep around every day is a plate carrier. Most of our local boys in blue who patrol a beat wear body armor for obvious reasons. And our friends at Fighter Design have come up with a lightweight vest that stops AK rounds from five feet…and floats. But maybe they’re all over-thinking the whole thing . . .

 

As upi.com reports, a cyclist in Germany may have come across a cheaper, easier way:

(A) 41-year-old tourist was riding across a field with her husband when she unknowingly rolled into a boar hunt, German newspaper Gadebusch-Rehnaer reported Friday. During a break, the woman felt a sudden sharp pain in her chest, soon realizing the underwire from her bra deflected a bullet.

The careless boar hunter’s being investigated for his Rule 4 violation. But as the story notes, the incident isn’t just a one-off.

This isn’t the first report of the undergarment blocking a potentially deadly bullet. In Feb., a Brazilian woman’s life was saved when her black underwire …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns