You're doing it wrong: man killed testing bullet-resistant vest!

[Mitch]

Florida.

Tampa man killed in attempt to see if bullet-resistant vest worked

At 10 p.m. Saturday, Joaquin Mendez, 23, tried on the bullet-resistant vest, Tampa police said. He wondered aloud whether it was functional.

"Let's see," replied his cousin Alexandro Garibaldi, who pulled out a gun and shot at the vest, according to police.

Officers responded to 2407 E Gordon St. minutes after the shooting. They said they found Mendez outside, wounded in the chest. Inside, they found blood and the vest, which had a bullet hole.

Ten PM Saturday? I suspect alcohol was involved . . .

[cannon]

Alcohol and youth.

[Aces and 8s]

Oh Florida? Move along, nothing to see here.

[Oceanbob]

Sometimes the Felony Stupid turn on the Self Cleaning Oven for our amusement.

[Tovarish]

Right out of the movies!

[ez2b]

Sometimes the Felony Stupid turn on the Self Cleaning Oven for our amusement.

Lol^^^^^^

EZ

[Sutcliffe]

no mention of what kind of gun

There was the 'felon in possession' angle though.

[packnrat]

well the test did work, the vest did resist the bullet.

problem is the vest was not bullet proof.



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[MrOrange]

FLORIDA MAN strikes again! Worst superhero ever.

As if the idea of the escapade wan't bad enough, there was an update that the vest involved was a flak jacket, not a bullet-resistant vest. Speaking to the importance of following directions, the ones I've seen had labels that specifically stated they were not effective against small arms fire.

well the test did work, the vest did resist the bullet.

problem is the vest was not bullet proof.

As Rich Davis was fond of pointing out, there is no such thing as a bullet-proof vest.

[ZombieLivesMatter]

Florida... sounds about right.

[therealnickb]

Don't y'all realize the cost of test dummies and force measuring devices? They don't just grow on trees ya know.

[SamIAm]

Turns out it wasn't a bulletproof vest but a flak jacket. Oops.

[Inkman]

There's a vid floating around of Matt Burkett shooting himself in the chest with a 9mm, while wearing a bullet proof vest or armor, something like that.

Thought it ws an idiot move by a great shooter at the time and still do.

Al

[IVC]

So you're telling me I shouldn't test my motorcycle helmet by intentionally falling off the bike?

[ez2b]

Good thing he found out it really didn't work before he really needed it in a real life circumstance. no wait what am I saying let me rethink this LOL😲

EZ