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Merry Christmas Everyone,
Massad Ayoob covered the growing use of ballistic shields by patrol officers in the January, 2001 issue of "Guns and Weapons of Law Enforcement" in his First Responder column. Although he doesn't suggest civilian use of ballistic shields, it started me thinking.
At LFI-I, Ayoob laid out his idea of the well stocked home defense kit for civilians and their safe room. It included a ballistic vest for each combatant. He also laid out tactics for retrieving children and ("if we insist") valubles from locations outside the safe room.
The possibility of having to leave the safe room can be very high if you have a family, and if I had a choice of going out into "no man's land" with or without a ballistic shield it would definitely be with.
Has anyone else thought of this before?
Does anyone else have one in their home defense kit?
Are there any police officers that use a ballistic shield on a regular basis and could offer some insights from actual usage?
Does anyone have brand suggestions?
Thanks for all the help.
- Anthony
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