UglyViking
Newbie
@JB1 I appreciate the feedback. If I was planning on wearing it under a hoodie or some sort of button up then I would def be looking into soft armor. Although I realize that the primary threats I will face in my life are pistol, that said I'm currently not concerned so much that I'm willing to don a soft armor vest in my day to day life. My reasons for buying hard armor over soft is 1) It's legal and I figure if I'm going to spend money on offensive I should also spend money on defensive. 2) Without getting political it seems the writing is on the wall and it's only a matter of time until there is a law on the books that says civis can't own armor, I'm trying to get ahead of that before any sort of panic buy. 3) If, and I understand this is a huge if, there is ever some sort of active shooter, civil war, uprising, massive event that causes everything to go ham I want to have some level of protection. Last thing I want is to get taken down by some wood-booger with an M&P AR and a lucky shot. Again, I understand this is borderline paranoia.
@Grayman I appreciate that, and it mirrors the earlier comments by others and the PM that @HighTower sent. As I said, the main attempt here was trying to understand if having some sort of backer for plates was the de-facto standard, but from the sound of things it's not. I'll work with the new gear I'm getting and figure out what needs to change for me. That was my current plan but as I said, civi and trying to build up knowledge.
Lastly, in terms of getting into the weeds with armor, it's not something I'm super interested in. I feel confident with my choices meeting my needs based off the research I have done and understand that like everything there are trade offs with every armor level, type, etc. I'm always down to learn more but I've got no interest in reading over whitepapers or trying to deep dive into armor as it's not my primary interest.
@Grayman I appreciate that, and it mirrors the earlier comments by others and the PM that @HighTower sent. As I said, the main attempt here was trying to understand if having some sort of backer for plates was the de-facto standard, but from the sound of things it's not. I'll work with the new gear I'm getting and figure out what needs to change for me. That was my current plan but as I said, civi and trying to build up knowledge.
Lastly, in terms of getting into the weeds with armor, it's not something I'm super interested in. I feel confident with my choices meeting my needs based off the research I have done and understand that like everything there are trade offs with every armor level, type, etc. I'm always down to learn more but I've got no interest in reading over whitepapers or trying to deep dive into armor as it's not my primary interest.