TX CEO Has Coworker Shoot AK-47 at Him to Prove Bulletproof Glass Works!
- Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:43am by
Buck Sexton
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This is one CEO who stands behind his product — literally. And he’s got the video of an AK-47 firing three rounds at his face to prove it.
To demonstrate the capabilities of his bulletproof (technically bullet “resistant”) windshield glass, Texas Armoring Corporation CEO Trent Kimball gave his product a live fire test, placing himself behind a sheet of his company’s specialized glass while an associate fired a salvo right at him.
Video of the test was put on YouTube yesterday. The Daily Mail reported on the publicity stunt, and claimed Kimball decided to do the test after he became annoyed with endless questions about whether his bullet proof glass “works:”
Certainly looks like it does.
Watch the Incredible Video here, courtesy of Texas Armoring Corporation:
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Comments (189)
noudo25
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:10pmBalls of steel!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:15pmGot that right, I remember seeing videos of one of the first bullet proof vests developed, and to show that it did work, the developer shot himself at point blank range with a .38 (at least thats what it looks like he used.)
He survived, and while bruised, showed also the vest worked as advertised. Like this man, he had the guts to show the proof of his product.
Report Post »Libertarian
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:37pmDude has a pair!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:58pmA product that is obviously made with pride and a boatload of confidence in the USA. Anyone feel like doing the same thing while standing behind some nice Chinese glass?….didn’t think so…..
Report Post »Carl McPherson
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:10pmThat video (company) of the first bullet proof vest was 20 minutes from where I grew up in Michigan. The company is out of Central Lake, Michigan.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:12pm… hey! It works! Thank God, uh huh!
Report Post »Perspective
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:31pmSounds like you suck on that govt. teat Platitude. I’m sure you would like a family business go to the govt. instead of being handed down to family over the years. You sir, are an idiot.
Report Post »vires montesque vincimus
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:31pmHe used a 357 magnum. That was one ballsy dude.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:38pmWarning. THE GOVERNMENT IS RIGHT BEHIND THIS GUY with taxes, regulations, and ownership.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:55pmWhen will this glass be available at Home Depot and Lowes? I need this glass before the 2012 November election. You will need it too.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:58pmWhite people will now be able to drive though black ghetto neighborhoods without getting killed. When will this glass become standard on all GM cars?
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:00pmDon’t forget DOJ, claiming that was one of their AK-47′s.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:11pmLet‘s see him try that after O’Bummer makes him have a union shop!
Report Post »SodamYat
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:18pmballs of bulletproof glass
Report Post »kschilling
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:22pmPlatitude, what the heck are you talking about? I know many people who have inherited money or a business from their parents, some continue the success and grow the business, while many others run the business into the ground. The business had to start from somewhere, and it was not the government, it was his family. Use some common sence before you hit the reply button.
Report Post »Drifterbill
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:42pmAnyone else notice the gap between the glass and the steel bottom plate.. Next time perhaps put in a few more safety measures for your testing.. Nice demo however..
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:15pmOf course he has a pair. If I got a Multi-Million dollar contract from the Military / Industrial Complex, I am sure I could manufacture a product that I have the utmost confidence in, also.
Report Post »What really impressed me, was the state-of-the-art Research and Development facilities.
SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:51pmMore like adamantium covered in titanium
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:51pmthat’s standing beind your product!
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:53pmi bet that guy felt crazy shooting at a person… i know i would…
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:16pm@Carl McPherson and @Snowleopard I think we are talking about Richard Davis at Second Chance Body Armor before they were bought out by Safariland Inc.
Report Post »Ready2Rumble
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:33pmDitto! That man walks the walk as well as talking the talk!
Report Post »avenger
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:47pmI love it ! smart marketing …
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 7:51pm@Drifterbill
Report Post »I worked with a guy whose brother built bullet-proof cars. That company did the thing and filmed it for an advertisement. They had the brother sit in the driver’s seat, holding the steering wheel, while another guy walked around the car shooting at it. One of the rounds went between the driver’s door window frame and the frame that held the windshield hitting him in the left arm. There’s always a weak point that these Engineers always miss. I saw the same thing and if the 7.62 round hit the lower metal part that was at an angle it also could have ricocheted up and into the “safe zone”.
TSUNAMI-22
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 12:06am@ I support God’s Israel!
Warning. THE GOVERNMENT IS RIGHT BEHIND THIS GUY with taxes, regulations, and ownership.
Report Post »~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yup, just like the genius that invented Dragon Skin. I think the govt. screwed him over too.
EODGhost
Posted on September 3, 2011 at 2:32amThat was the guy from Second Chance Armor. Gutsy guy and his vests worked. (obviously)
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on September 4, 2011 at 9:58am.
Report Post »Talk about standing behind your product!
NurseEducator
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:09pmSweet!
Report Post »UncleBucky
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:09pmShooter..NO EYE PROTECTION?
Report Post »Cerealface
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:18pmReally? No safety glasses? As if that’s what matters when you see a guy sit behind bulletproof glass and be shot at.
Report Post »Malcom0983
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:19pmHe had eye protection… he just happened to be wearing it on his head.
Report Post »krisfaction74
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:23pmIt’s Texas, we don’t need no stinking eyepro (lol)
I miss my beloved Texas.
Report Post »JohnHW
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:27pmTerrorists don’t need no eye protection!
Report Post »In.Spite.of.Myself
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:13pmReally? I guess you want them wearing bike helmets and bubble wrap too? Silly America, always taking a good idea and pushing it too far.
Report Post »Reavin
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:25pmI think the shooter was supposed to have put his glasses down but probably got a little excited and maybe a little nervous about shooting the glass with his boss standing right behind it.
Report Post »lewisk333
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:48pmI thought the same thing…they’re suppose to be all about “Safety” but neither have hearing or eye protection.
Report Post »ClockKing
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:08pmWell, IMO that makes the test even more valid. If you are riding in a jeep or armored vehicle, how many people wear eye protection at that time? So, this test makes sense to me.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 8:43pmHe had eye protection; on top of his head. I think the adrenaline was pumping.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:08pmPretty cool…
Report Post »I just wonder if he has been CEO since the beginning…or if he is a recent replacement.
vtxphantom
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:14pmobama is going to be out of job soon. I see a new posistion for him.
Report Post »platitude
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:20pmAnother“self made man”who inherited the business from his daddy.“stop suckling on the teat of government,” reiterates the fortunate son who is suckling on the teat of his rich parents.
Report Post »Perspective
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:35pmSounds like you suck on that govt. teat Platitude. I’m sure you would like a family business go to the govt. instead of being handed down to family over the years. You sir, are an idiot.
Report Post »platitude
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:44pmAgain, a straw man argument. Did I say that the business should go to the government.
Does anyone in here actually reason, or do you all just use fallacy arguments to try to win the debate.
Report Post »jnewhouse
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:06pmRe: Platitude,
you’re the one giving straw man arguments by implying this guy is sucking at the teat of his family. how do you know that? do you know him?? most family business are truly that, this guys probably been working in that company since he was a kid. just from the looks of this video, he doesn’t seem like a guy whose been suckling at any teat, he‘s standing behind that glass confident that it’s gonna work. You only get that way by being involved in the process of building that glass!
Unless you can prove he‘s been given everything and didn’t have to work for it, your argument that he‘s a hypocrite doesn’t hold water.
Report Post »nn235
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:13pmPlatitude, there isn’t a damn thing wrong with inheritance… unless you’re the federal government. Big government fears any institution more powerful than itself – so much that big government uses the threat of force to weaken families by at least 50% each successive generation. It then propagates tried-and-tested emotionalist arguments as its justification; arguments which, of course, its moocher followers blindly embrace.
Report Post »ktowers
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:15pm@Platitude,
Is debating what you’re doing? I‘d call your comments ad hominem fallacies but all you’re doing is using hit and run attacks, not debating. In fact, it’s unclear what your point is, assuming you have one.
Report Post »Twinspeedr
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:20pm@PLATITUDE
Do you know this for a fact that this CEO was “handed the company” by his Daddy?
Do you know for a fact that he is some kind of jingoist spouting off against suckling at the Government teat or are you just a left-wing shill trying (quite clumsily) to wedge in a dig on conservative small business owners?
Do you really think that you can use lame straw-man arguments as your big comment, and then call out another for using straw-man arguments and get away with it on the Blaze?
Time to head upstairs look for a snack in your mom’s fridge, eh?
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:30pm@ Platitude
I hear nothing but crickets chirping dude. Do you have an actual argument to make or are you just jealous of the fact that some people in this world make their own way, and teach their children how to do the same.
Your argument supports the losers and beggars of society. Their parents were losers and beggars, and that is exactly what they teach their children to be. You seem to be an intelligent person who chooses to teach these losers that generational welfare is how they will be able to become productive members of a free nation.
If you are the intelligent person you seem to be; then you are a LIAR that deserves to live the same way as the peoples minds you poison.
*** **** and DIE :)
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:46pmNo more platittude?? You all whooped his @ss !!!!
TEA !!!
I know a lot of self made millionaires as a matter of fact. Just a matter of smart decisions, self financial restraint, a lot of hard work and hours. First time I saw a CEO in flops at work.
Report Post »Being humble is also a character, that helps lead to one’s success.
Rowgue
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 9:44pm@Platitude
Why would anyone debate you? You never made a point to debate. All you did was sling a bunch of insults that you pulled out of your ass at someone you have no clue about.
PS…You should break out your logic 101 textbook again and re-read the definition of a strawman argument.
Report Post »Recursion
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:08pmThese would have to be 7.62 soft point tips. Could you imagine this stopping 7.62 rounds with armor piercing rounds? Now that would be insane…
Report Post »Malcom0983
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:23pmShooter would be in jail, CEO would be in a morgue and there would be a snuff film instead of a cool youtube video in that case.
Report Post »Twinspeedr
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:33pmThose were not soft points. No one would spec bullet resistant glass to an uncommon round like that. These were the ubiquitous full metal jacket round that every 3rd world army in the world uses.
Also, there are very few armor piercing AK rounds out there, if any at all. The AK is the weapon of the poor freedom fighter not the high level assassin.
Report Post »OpenCarry
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:08pmWow!!!
Report Post »tjm2007
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:08pmWhat is the price!
Report Post »Mr-T
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:08pmI could see this going in my station wagon.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:26pmWell, the only problem is when one gets a small crack in it, the law makes one replace it – and, of course for your safety.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:34pmGreat product though!
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:38pmBullet proof station wagon for a vacation to Walley World!
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:08pmYa know. I would have believed you if you had just put a pumpkin behind the glass.
Report Post »zorro
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:57pmLOL…exactly what I was thinking. But this is way cooler…
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:07pmi love how he puts on safety goggles!
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:10pmIt makes sense — spallation of glass fragments was the most likely thing to happen, so it was worth it to keep his corneas intact.
Report Post »FORLORNHOPE
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:19pmAnd ear plugs
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:06pmI want that in my home windows and my store here in Florida for the hurricanes !!!
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:09pmAnd the inevitable collapse of society and subsequent riots / looting?
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:06pmThat’s a CEO standing behind his product!!
Report Post »octopnw
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:06pmShould come standard on So. Cal. homes.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:06pmIt looks like he’s also wearing a covert (form-fitting) Kevlar vest just in case… when he leans forward, his back is unnaturally straight.
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:10pmEven if he is a vest would not stop a round to the face bud.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:16pmThose all impacted below his face, “bud”.
Report Post »drago
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:13pmAt that close range, kevlar wont stop a ak round, or even a 5.56…..
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:55pmIt would if the round had to pass through bullet resistant glass first. It would be travelling at a fraction of its initial velocity, and would also be considerably deformed. Also, there could very well be a SAPI insert.
I came back here knowing that comment would have been made…
Report Post »FORLORNHOPE
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:27pmYou are right his back looks unnatural. But still a cool video and his partner placed those rounds expertly they were low but not that low. Good catch.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:43pmThat’s how I sit while on break… you can’t bend your spine, just at the waist. If it is a vest, it’s a very thin one. Maybe a level I or II.
I’m not bashing him, it’s a great publicity stunt. Not very safety conscious or professional, but effective. But if he is wearing a vest, it should be overt or he should at least acknowledge wearing one because it takes away some of his faith in the product being tested.
Report Post »tharpdevenport
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:05pmWas that maybe some unspent rage being relieved by an employee who might have been a victim of the 1 in 25 psychopathic bosses? Just a thought.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:15pmSounds like a bullsj1t thought to me. I see no rage or overt aggression in his demeanor, just three otherwise professional shots.
Report Post »rcampb10
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:03pmHere in Florida, that would be a great thing to have, to drive back and forth to work !!
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:02pmHoly crap indeed !!1
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:02pmNow that is effective advertising!
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:01pmI want
Report Post »muhamadhater
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:09pmI want the gun lol
Report Post »BigDaddyTex
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:59amAnd that was just the FIRST test!!!!
Report Post »;-)
smithclar3nc3
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:53amThat’s what you call STANDING BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:57amTexas style
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:50amNice!!! Do they make it for my Hummer ???
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:50amNow you are safe to live in a glass house AND throw stones!
Report Post »Were those military armor piercing rounds or 7.62 lead soft points used for hunting?
Could make all the difference
Recursion
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:06pmExcellent point…
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:10pmThere is always a critic!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:45pmGuy should have pulled out a M14 with AP rounds. Watch a CEO do the 100yd dash
Report Post »Charles
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:47pmIndeed. There is no such thing as “bulletproof”. The term is bullet resistant. All three bullets in the same spot on the glass, tungsten sabot rounds, a heavier caliber etc. and it fails. Impressive nonetheless.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:42pmYeah, pretty impressive but, I am thinking AP rounds would have made a mess of things.
Report Post »ejbonk
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:47amSOLD!,I’ll take ten. Gift wrap that up,will you.
Report Post »LSX
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:45amQuite the test –
Great job!
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Report Post »johnsell
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:20pmI question a couple of points, such as the angle the windshield was at possibly helping to deflect the slug, second the three shots were each fired next to each other at new glass as opposed to being fired at the same weakened spot which may not withstand the pummeling………just saying it‘s better than no protection but ’bullet proof’, I doubt it……..
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