Seems to me you could demonstrate the exact same thing without risking a human. The bullet will either go through the vest armor or not, regardless of the backstop.
Someone mentioned Tide pod challenges above. As stupid as that “challenge” is, this is exponentially more stupid, at least IMO.
And again, as mentioned above, wonder how long before we see someone trying it today? And of course they won’t take into account the improvements to guns AND ammunition made since the 80s, and someone will probably die.
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Sure you could by shooting at a very by itself. But if you want to instill confidence, you need to take the risk!