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Imagine you're working in your garage or in your back yard, just an ordinary day in a quiet neighborhood. Suddenly you hear someone screaming for help. You run as fast as you can towards the pleads for help only to find a neighbor covered in blood. There's no way an ambulance will be on the scene in time to prevent them from bleeding out. What would you do? Alex Banaga, a New Jersey Law Enforcement Officer, was recently in a very similar emergency …

The FBI recently completed their 20-year report of active shooter incidents, which took place between 2000 and 2019. The total number of incidents add up to 333 for the 20-year period. It’s important to note that the FBI defines an “active shooter” as “one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. Implicit in this definition is the shooter’s use of one or more firearms. The &ldquo …

In the old days body armor made the wearer look a little like an umpire at a baseball game. Sure, it worked but stealthy it was not. Some of the old style vests were reminiscent of the life jackets on the Titanic and just as obvious. At a minimum it gave the bad guys plenty of notice that someone wearing body armor was headed their way. The Body Armor Arms Race Over the decades we’ve experienced a back and forth race between advances in firearms and ammunitio …

Body armor is a complex subject and the amount of bad information floating around on the internet/social media can make the topic even more confusing. As a manufacturer that offers products made of nearly all types of proven body armor materials, we just want you to get the armor that’s right for your situation. Forget the marketing smoke and mirrors, forget the opinions of paid “influencers”, let’s just have an honest conversation about body armor. Selecting body armor should be driven by your …

When it comes to body armor, a lot of time is spent talking about stopping bullets. However, very little time is spent talking about the reality of what happens when you get shot while wearing armor plates. Maybe this is a subject that some body armor companies do not like to talk about because they are worried consumers might be scared away purchasing body armor? At Spartan Armor Systems we feel it’s important for anyone who is looking to buy body armor know …