Body Armor: Is it autistic for a civilian to wear body armor daily?

I've been thinking about getting some body armor. It seems to me that if I take the possibility of needing to defend myself seriously enough to carry a pistol, that it's also reasonable to wear some body armor.

The thing is though, at some point you risk being seen as autistic and it becomes obvious you're wearing armor which may defeat the purpose/just encourage a bad guy to shoot you in the head instead. So, like you probably don't want like heavy duty plate shit. But a level 3 vest should be concealable under a shirt and jacket and will stop most handgun rounds which seems practical. It also doesn't weigh much and shouldnt be too much of a burden to carry.

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>Giving a shit what other people think
Might as well get shot if you care so much

It's autistic to wear it daily, it's not autistic to own it and be prepared to use it.

What about situations where you feel your life might be in danger?

wear it under a button up shirt

According to the CDC more people die of accidental falls than from gunshots in the USA. So simply being more cautious and avoiding ladders and shoddy railings and stairs will probably do more to protect you than wearing armor.

There are generally easily concealable 3A soft armor vests that weigh around a pound and offer good protection against most handguns and many carbines, as well as knives. Don't be a little bitch and care about others opinions though.

Easy, throw a plate in your backpack

hello friends,

Last year I made the decision to trust my life on the street to Second Chance body armor. I got the level IIa because it stops the most rounds. plus I got the Trauma Plate for the front.

What scares me is that, although I can fit an extra trauma plate in the front, I cannot fit a second one in back. As of late I have taken to duct-taping a second trauma plate to the area of my back where the heart and vital organs are located. Then I put my vest on.

Here is the questions. The ducttape solution, although tactically sound, is hot and painful to remove. I would like to go to the single-plate solution in back. What I am worried about is repeated hits to that area with .308 ammunition. I have a high-risk security job and I fear that I would be the target for repeated long-distance shots to my back.

Are any of you aware of a thicker plate that could stop, say, .338 Lapua or something like that? Is there a better way to do the second plate?

BTW, I am, of course, usually carrying a pair of ceramic plates in my briefcase so that I can shield my head. My SO (we work as a team when necessary) has a similar accessory containing a breakdown NEF single-shot 300 WinMag with an 18" bbl. The plan is that I shield us with my body and “catch the rounds” while she assembles the NEF. I lay down covering fire with my 23 (Bar-Sto .357 Sig barrel) and she makes the long shots. I will then throw smoke grenades to obscure the area while continuing to lay covering fire. The problem, of course, is when I have to turn my back to run, and then the problem crops up.

Thanks!

Why are you in that place and situation in the first place?