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JUL 7 1982 50 PAU.3118 index eliminating bullets with sufficient penetration would also eliminate practically all bullets used by sportsmen for hunting, or homeowners.for self-defense, etc. Some types of ammunition may be stopped by body armour if fired from a short barrel pistol (which the news media refers to as a Saturday night special ) but not from a longer barrel which delivers more power to the same bullet. For example, the type of body armour vest I purchased for my son, will stop 9m.m. pistol rounds manufactured by Winchester or Federal Cartridge Companies, but will not stop 9m.m. surplus military ammunition available on the market, manufactured by Canada, Czechoslovakia, West Germany or Belgium . Remember the Geneva Convention on Civilized Warfare. The vest will stop .357 magnum bullets, if fired from a 4" barrel revolver, but not if fired from a 6" barrel. Additionally, penetration is dramatically increased if the vest is wet. Bullets cannot be divided into classes which will, and will not penetrate body armour. Given the fact that the proponants of this bullet ban have not come forward with a single example of where this ammunition has been criminally abused, that its cost, its restricted availability, and (prior to nation wide N.B.0/TV, and C.B.S. its limited advertising - must make such mis-use a rarity, there seems little reason to focus additional public attention on this ammunition, much less start people thinking of ways in which to _ circumvent its protection. For your information, this matter was addressed in the last special session of the legislature, addressing additional criminal penalties on the use and possession of K.T.W. ammunition in the commission of a crime. This legislation passed in the senate 39 to 0, but because the Senate and Nouse bills differed, the legislature adjourned before agreement was reached. The recent N.B.C./TV and C.B.S. publicity on this matter may well cost the lives of some police officers, who_now decide riot to wear their vests, believing it will. not stop a bullet. Body armour is not bullet proof, body armour is bullet resistive. i respectfully urge that we not address this issue on a county level.