How often have you ever been shot at? And if this has ever happened, how much time did you have to grab a vest and put it on? A vest is only good to save your life from a center mass gunshot if you have it on before the shooting starts. That being said, are people going to walk around with a vest on 24/7? Have it in your trunk 24/7? And even then if you go into wal-mart to get some food and the shooting starts, youre screwed anyways because the vest is in the trunk. I mean in reality, unless you are planning on wearing it every day, all the time, or you are planning on getting in a gun fight, it wont help you out at all.