Slime_Giant t1_j29tjdk wrote
Reply to comment by Tratakaro in ELI5: Why is the recoil of a gun not nearly as bad as getting hit with a bullet while wearing a bullet proof vest if they are both the same force? by Tratakaro
It is, and that's one of the ways the vest protects you, but it can't absorb all of the force and that's why you get a bruise instead of hole in you.
Mental_Cut8290 t1_j2apovk wrote
It would be like holding the gun at your chest. Pretty painful.
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