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proudretiredvet

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17. Some that I saw were ballistic shields.

Reply to Igel (Reply #15)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 12:30 PM

Feb 2014

I've been behind a few of them in the past. Others I saw were home made and would not stop much.
Just metal that they could lug around and handle that easily would not stop a high powered round, maybe a pistol round. I'm sure most of the shields they took from the cops or military as the retook those positions.

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