It’s not a test, it is a demonstration. Basically a commercial.
My favorite part of this video is the intro where the location is listed as just “Texas, USA”.
I mean, what better way to sell a new and untrusted device than to put your own trust (and life) in the product.
Would you sell a bullet proof vest if you didn’t feel safe wearing it?
Would you buy a bullet proof vest if its own inventor didn’t feel safe wearing it?
Sure. But I’d test it on something else first and be damn sure it’d work before trying this.
Oh 100% you’re right.
I’d wager this wasn’t one of their first tests (and maybe not even a test at all). Looks to me like an advertisement/publicity stunt/demonstration.
I could be easily wrong since I haven’t researched this exact event, but I think it’s safe to assume it’s more than just a test since they have cameras out.
Even if it does work being shot hurts like hell. Just test it on things that don’t feel pain a measure it? You could also totally die from internal bleeding even if the bullet was stopped by a vest.
Humans were less expensive than watermelons back then.
Imagine him missing and shooting the inventor in the nards.
People had lots of children back there. Somehow, they had to thinner their numbers. They even invent world wars for that reason.
Reminds me of Richard Davis, fella who came up with one of, if not the first Kevlar bulletproof vest. Initial tests were great since Kevlar has five times more tensile strength than steel, but to put his money where his mouth was the crazy bastard shot himself point blank to prove a point.
At least he is wearing one himself…
They actually went back and forth for quite a bit longer than anyone really expected.
