Can a bullet be stopped by simple pocketed items like a bible, a notebook, a pocket watch or even your beloved phone? A trope that has appeared in multiple movies since the days of Hitchcock and mocked by the likes of The Simpsons, but how true is it? How does the science hold up? Let’s find out.
Can a bible stop a bullet?
Can a book stop a bullet?
What things can stop a bullet?
Can a phone stop a bullet?
Bulletproof bible?
Pocket protector,
CREDITS:
Stu K - Researcher | Illustrator | Producer | Presenter
Jacob T - Researcher | Writer
Ross G - Illustrator | Editor | Animator
Robin M - Guest VO
MUSIC CREDITS
Epidemic Sounds
SOURCES:
TV Trope Info
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EXAMPLES
Richard Baxter - ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
(quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A27...)
(triviumpursuit.com/free-soldi...)
Sam Houston Jr. - U.S CIVIL WAR
civilwartalk.com/threads/bibl...
heritagepost.org/american-civ...
digital.library.shsu.edu/digi... (Different Bibles?)
John Hicks Kelly - U.S CIVIL WAR
dchcblog.net/2016/05/31/the-b...
William Preston Mangum - U.S CIVIL WAR
armchairgeneral.com/bibles-and...
Theodore Roosevelt - ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, 1912
blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandher...
George Vinall - FIRST WORLD WAR
www.christiantoday.com/articl...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/article...
Elvas Elliot Jenkins - FIRST WORLD WAR
malcolmsquirks.blogspot.com/20...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - FIRST WORLD WAR
montrespubliques.com/new-long...
James Doohan - SECOND WORLD WAR
www.snopes.com/fact-check/jam...
Mauricio Zanes Condori - MUGGING, BUENAS AIRES, 2009
topnews.in/bible-stops-bullet...
www.smh.com.au/world/born-aga...
Ricky Wagoner - “SHOOTING”, 2014
edition.cnn.com/2014/02/25/us...
edition.cnn.com/2014/06/20/us...
Ohio woman - SHOOTING, 2016
www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/...
Rabbi Zeev Katzenellebogen - SHOOTING, 2021
www.israel365news.com/349836/...
Ukrainian soldier - UKRAINE WAR, 2022
www.citychurch.ee/miracle-in-...
TESTING
Mythbusters tests
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• What is bullet proof ?...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBus...
boxoftruth.com tests
www.theboxotruth.com/threads/...
Oklahoma Police Department tests
www.washingtonpost.com/news/a...
ktul.com/news/local/oklahoma-...
23 июн 2023