[jyl]

A propos of the timely topic of mass shootings.

You notice that the folks doing these now often wear body armor?. Umpqua, Aurora, are the latest. The Aurora guy wore vest, chestplate, helmet. Not sure what the Umpqua guy wore. You can buy the stuff easily, and fairly cheaply if you are okay with used police gear.

Some of us here have CCWs. I'd say we mostly carry small caliber guns, .380 or .32, .38 or 9mm.

I don't give my .38 snubby much chance against a guy in body armor with an AR. Wouldn't make too much difference if it was a 9 or a 45.

I understand that making it hard for people to own ARs is controversial to say the least.

But how about making it hard for people to buy body armor?

It has, as far as I know, no sporting uses. No personal defense uses either, unless you insist on wearing your body armor for the walk to the mailbox.

Not sure this would actually deter the next mass killer. Plenty of them do their business in a hoodie and sneakers. But if you think CCW is the answer to stopping mass shootings, then maybe we should give the CCW guy with his .380 a smidgen of a chance?