COP KILLER BULLETS!
Every weekday I watch a few shows in the morning, rain or shine. One is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, which apparently shares only a few names with the book but as I've never read it I can't say. The other is The Pretender, one of the better shows that I've ever seen. It was unfortunately canceled.
I'm not here to talk about those shows, though. I'm sick of the bullshit anti-gun agenda the TV industry shows, and the myths they perpetuate. The Pretender set me off this morning because the entire episode revolves around armor piercing ammunition, or as they are called in the show COP KILLER BULLETS. Yeah.
There are a few facets of misunderstanding to this issue. The first is that body armor is bullet proof
except when the horrible COP KILLER BULLETS are used. Even non-armor piercing ammunition can penetrate body armor. Body armor isn't magic, especially soft armor. Soft armor is designed to stop handgun rounds, and just about any rifle bullet will zip right through like a hot knife through butter. Hard armor is just soft armor with reinforcing plates in high risk areas. It's not like you're a walking tank, and even the hardest armor (Class IV) will be penetrated with multiple high-power rifle shots.
Another misunderstanding (read out-fucking-right lie) is that AP ammunition was designed specifically to kill policemen. Try again, asswipes. AP ammunition was developed at the latest in World War I, well before the invention of personal body armor, and earlier still than the advent of LEOs wearing body armor.
Lastly, AP ammunition is not more lethal or devastating than regular ammunition. It is, in fact, the least damaging of the various bullet designs. Would you rather have a small hole punched right through you or a small hole with massive tissue damage inside your body? Obviously the best option is no holes at all, but if I had to choose between loads for a particular cartridge and rifle I'd be picking AP.
