Alberta senior charged for shooting at would-be intruder

[petros]

Clothing will stop a short.

Tensile? What does stretching have to do with anything?

 

[karrie]

Clothing will stop a short.

Tensile? What does stretching have to do with anything?

lol, what does the ability of a target to stretch have to do with the damage it does?

Well.

You JUST said .22's are safe because they can't easily puncture vulcanized rubber. So, what do YOU think tensile strength differences have to do with the discussion at hand?

Again, can I tie your hide to my car's rim and run down the highway? No. You seriously lack in tensile strength, when compared with vulcanized rubber, so comparing how IT takes a bullet, with how YOU take a bullet, is ridiculous

 

[petros]

Long or short?

Post number #13

 

[karrie]

Post number #13

See post number 14

 

[petros]

So, what do YOU think tensile strength differences have to do with the discussion at hand?

Density is the word you were looking for.

can your back tell the difference?

Yeah my back can.

 

[karrie]

Density is the word you were looking for. Yeah my back can.

No, I know the words I'm looking for. There are targets that are not nearly as dense (like some clothing as you pointed out), that can deflect a bullet better than more dense objects (like a stump for example). Tensile is precisely the word I was looking for, and exactly the mechanism behind bullet proof clothing.

 

[petros]

Density of the material Vs.velocity and ductility of the projectile.

 

[karrie]

Kevlar

Kevlar and its generic equivalent, High Tensile Strength Polyethylene (HTSP), made bullet proof vests more easily accessible to police officers and other officials

 

[petros]

Areal density is used throughout the armor industry to make pound-for-pound
performance comparisons of armor systems. Maximum areal density is frequently
listed among required attributes for armor procurement contracts, yet
solicitations rarely cite a standardized method for measuring and reporting
areal density. The new HPW-AD01-11 method provides contracting officers with a
standardized way to evaluate armor mass.

Standardized Areal Density Method Gives Body Armor Makers Means to Differentiate Products with Independently Verified Data

Kevlar is layered aka PLANAR to give it density.

 

[karrie]

And they make up terms as they go along. Because scientists are crazy like that.

Tensile strength is a factor.

 

[petros]

Ohhh I see. Us scientists are crazy and make up stuff as we go along?

 

[karrie]

Ohhh I see. Us scientist are crazy and make up stuff as we go along?

lol... you knew it was sarcasm.

Tensile strength matters. Hugely. If you want to pretend they named it high tensile by accident, fill yer boots, but you don't get to have it both ways. Either you scientists are idiots, or you're not

 

[petros]

It matters but not how you think it does.

If I ever get woven skin, you're in great shape.

 

[Kreskin]

What a hell of a mess we have collectively created. We are not allowed to
defend ourselves but the law can't protect us. The biggest reason is we now
live in urban societies rather than rural ones. We have different generations
and cultures living in close proximity to each other with no understanding of
how each other thinks or what the state of mind of our neighbour is.
We have people who are granola eating pacifists, living next door to people
who would plot to honor kill their daughter and rednecks who just fight for
the fact they have a chip on their shoulder. We are suspicious of each other,
for others they have no respect for anything and virtually all these groups
believe there is an instant solution to everything not understanding that societies
solutions lie within us.
This poor bugg*r will end up in court and prosecuted not because he was a bad
person but because authorities and the legal system know if he wasn't punished
the society would end up out of control. Face it we have neither democracy nor
justice and that is a recipe for societal breakdown. We are lemmings dancing on
the cliff's edge

I think this case is pretty simple. He returned to the window and shot and nothing he could see. What does that have to do with protecting himself? He could've killed an innocent person. That's usually what happens, a kid playing in his yard is dead because of some bozo like this.

 

[petros]

Same goes for lawn darts. Never throw one in the dark.