Armed, random violence is one of the most horrifying problems facing the world today. We have seen active shooter incidents at schools, office buildings, malls, public events, public facilities, movie theaters and even places of worship have also been the location of significant gun violence. During such incidents the most important thing that a person can do is to seek cover to be protected from harm against bullets, and or other ballistic projectiles.
Firearms are available in a wide variety of calibers, each which have a different ability to penetrate a bullet-
The DuckDown Ballistics® Armor products, function on the principle of absorbing, and deflecting incoming threats away from those seeking cover. The goal is for those seeking cover and concealment to be afforded some type of protection against bullets, other projectiles and or blasts.
The United State Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provides a set of specifications for ballistic armor protection. The specifications are defined as protection (NIJ) Levels I, IIA, II, IIIA, III and IV. In general, the higher the rating level, the better the protection, but the greater the cost for ballistic product.
(NIJ) Level IIIA, is commonly used in manufacturing of bullet resistant products for law enforcement is defined as providing protection against every handgun round up to a 44 magnum, while Level III provides protection against high-
In addition to the NIJ standards; Bullet Resistant are also identified by the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) which developed a written standard, (UL752) that establishes ratings for bullet-
Level 1: Provides protection against 9mm and less powerful handgun cartridges.
Level 2: Provides protection against .357 magnum and less powerful handgun cartridges.
Level 3: Provide protection against .44 magnum and less powerful handgun cartridges.
Level 4: Provides protection against .30 caliber rifle cartridges
Level 5: Provides protection against 7.62mm rifle cartridges
Level 7: Provides protection against 5.56mm rifle cartridges
Level 8: Provides provide protection against common rifle cartridge calibers 7.62 cartridges
DuckDown™ offers bullet resistant products that have been independently tested and certified to meets the Standards of the NIJ and UL752 Ballistic Performance Tests for the established protection levels.
Bullet resistance is the process of making something capable of stopping a bullet or similar high velocity projectiles, e.g. shrapnel by the means of the flexible resistance of the fabric when struck by an object. With the development of innovative new materials and the improvement of the manufacturing processes, bullet resistant/ballistic materials has become more lightweight and more applicable to towards stopping high impact ballistic threats.
DuckDown Ballistics® can help develop customized products as part of your proactive layered approach to security. We provide the ability to harden soft targets that can provide that QUICK DUCK & COVER PROTECTION ™ by offering products capable of stopping a bullet, similar high velocity projectiles and or objects.
