DVD in firefighter's coat blocks bullet

**BadlandsVikings** · 02-19-2008, 10:24 PM

WALTERBORO, S.C. - A South Carolina man is thankful for a DVD that ended up taking a bullet for him. Colleton County Fire and Rescue Director Barry McRoy says he was leaving a Waffle House restaurant in Walterboro on Saturday morning when two men ran in fighting over a gun. Police say a bullet hit one of the struggling men, shattered a window and then hit McRoy..........

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080220/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bulletproof_dvd;_ylt=Al5d0XIZjAR6mQoxMvmF2OcsQ E4F

**BloodyHorns82** · 02-19-2008, 10:39 PM

I highly doubt the DVD case did anything.
If the bullet already hit 1 person and shattered a window, there probably wasn't enough velocity to be fatal.
I couldn't imagine a platic DVD case would provide any more protection than say, a jacket or sweatshirt.
I'm no balistic expert though so who knows.

**Schutz** · 02-19-2008, 11:30 PM

"BloodyHorns82" wrote:

I highly doubt the DVD case did anything.
If the bullet already hit 1 person and shattered a window, there probably wasn't enough velocity to be fatal.
I couldn't imagine a platic DVD case would provide any more protection than say, a jacket or sweatshirt.
I'm no balistic expert though so who knows.

Shhhh.
That doesn't make good news.
;D