There was a story on the local news about a guy that took a shot at a cop. It was some type of standoff situation. The cop had one of those clear riot shields and the bullet ricocheted off of it. The thing that got me was the news said that those shields cost the police dept. $2,000!
Are you kidding me? Gouging the police department is pretty crummy. And it doesn't cost that much to make something like that. I worked in plastics for a lot of years and have made things that were "bulletproof" although that wasn't there intended purpose.