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Too much of a good thing has a negative tone to it in most cases. When we talk about body armor, both soft and hard, I haven’t met anyone yet who’s been shot and wished they were wearing less protective armor. A friend of mine who’s been shot not once, but twice by 7.62×39 rounds told me he didn’t care if the plates were 20 pounds heavier, he’d work out more so he could hump the weight.
Personal body armor has certainly come a long way in the last 20 years. When I left active duty, only MPs and “high speed” units had access to body armor; my unit was still wearing Vietnam-era flak vests. The first vest I was “fitted” for as a cop made me look a lot more buff than I really am. And when I made SWAT a few years later the hand-me-down vest fit me like a footlocker — if I fell on my back I’d have been like a turtle on his shell until someone flipped me over.
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