Bulletproof Skin
by
Nicholas C
Published: June 19th, 2014
Dutch researcher Jalila Essaidi has bio-engineered a bullet proof material using spider silk, grown from goat milk, and human skin. They tested it with a reduced velocity .22 caliber bullet. This is all well and good, but it does not help with trauma transferred. Sort of like bullet proof vests will help stop a bullet but you still get the force of the bullet transferred into your body and can cause internal damage.
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"Bullet-proof" armor made of many layers of (regular ol') silkworm silk were issued by the British Army in the Great War: about 2" thick, and only covering the shoulders and neck. It was expensive, and deteriorated quickly in trench conditions. A vest, involving silk and other fabrics bonded in resin, was sold commercially; it could stop a .45 cal bullet at 300' per second (probably not a service round), and was about an inch thick. Images at http://www.nam.ac.uk/online...
Only problem with ballistic armor is when do you wear it? Every day of your life, or only on those days when you think your life might be in danger?
But if any of us could ever know which days those were, we could stay home in on those days and wear a Glock 20 or a 1911 with an 8 round Wilson mag in a holster around the house.
It's the same thing with carrying a gun at any time or at all times. Your best bet is to carry one 24-7-365 because none of us have any way of knowing when we're going to need one. When I'm at home, I'm still carrying something small and comfortable on my person unless I'm in the shower or in bed and even then there's always something within reach in case I need to repel boarders from my domicile.
Being paranoid means never having to say Oh Sh!t.