HelixDab2

No clue, since it doesn't seem to stop you from getting NFA items approved.

They already exist. When you look at some of the overt armor that was/is used by the military--particularly the BALCS armors--the full kit will have shoulder/upper arm coverage, a high collar, and a flap that covers your lower abdomen. While these are mostly to protect against fragmentation, they should stop all handgun threats as well. Outside of GWOT and some SWAT teams, that kind of armor isn't common though, because it's bulky and very restrictive.

Oh, and a hit directly to the balls is gonna rupture a testicle anyway because of backface deformation. :)

This is both funny, and 100% accurate.

I know, right? It's the broken clock that's so broken that it's only gotten the time right once.

That gets much, much more state specific. I can tell you that a lot of stores with loss-prevention officers aren't keen on having them tackle shoplifters, since that can result in massive losses from lawsuits.

Unfortunately most commercial farms aren't putting in what they're taking out, even with the industrial fertilizers. Most of the industrial fertilizers are just nitrogen, potassium, and phosphates, often as a liquid. You are absolutely right that you can't take and never return; that's why in pre-industrial revolution times, people would rotate fields between crops, and lying fallow/being used for grazing (where sheep, cattle, etc. were leaving free fertilizer) You also ended up with fewer years where all your crops got wiped out by a single pest, because you weren't farming just one thing. Efficiency in farming--esp. monoculture--is great for profits, not so great for the land itself.

Good news is that good water treatment plants will pull phosphate out of the waste water.

Eh. High levels of phosphates end up running off fields into waterways, and then you get things like algae blooms. Waste water treatment plants will clean up runoff that goes into the sewers and storm drains, but it's not really cleaning up entire rivers. IIRC, that used to be a much more significant problem; I remember water in rivers near where I grew up--which was all surrounded by farms--often had white, sludgy scum anywhere that the current was forming eddies. If I remember correctly the high levels of that white shit was due to worse regulations governing agricultural run-off.

Under that criteria, there are a grand total of zero areas that can accommodate them. Same goes for dogs.

But that's a stupid criteria, because cats are tamed, and thrive indoors.

Hope that helps.

Right here.

Shoot 'em in the dick.

Even if they have full-coverage soft armor, and not just a plate carrier, that's gonna drop 'em instantly. Can't walk with a 9mm through your pelvis, and there are a lot or arteries going through there.

Also, I'm a certified basic pistol instructor; if any of y'all are looking for non-chuds to get some basic training from, look up the Liberal Gun Club, the Socialist Rifle Association (altho competency varies a lot from chapter to chapter), or Operation Blazing Sword.

I think the only hope the Dummkstaffel here has of making a charge stick against a homeowner who blows one of them away will be to somehow make it Federal

It would be federal, because it would be a federal agent getting shot. Any murder of a federal officer--including postal carriers--is a federal crime, in addition to being a state crime. OTOH, remember that a large number of federal judges are not friendly to Herr Fuhrer.

That's true pretty much everywhere. Shooting someone in the back will almost always get you charged, unless you're a cop.

Generally speaking--and I'm not a lawyer, I'm not your lawyer, and you should ask a criminal defense attorney in your state for specifics--you can use force, including lethal force, to protect your life if you have reasonable fear for your life or safety. Generally speaking, if someone is running away from you, they're no longer a direct threat, and therefore you can't use force. Similarly, if you are in a reasonable fear for your life, and you shoot someone, you can not kick them while they're bleeding on the ground.

I believe all states have some form of Castle Doctrine. Some states have a duty to retreat if you aren't in your home/car, e.g., you have to attempt to escape first. Some states require you to use proportionate force; if they have a baseball bat, you may not be allowed to use a firearm. Know the laws specific to your state.

...Except cops. You do not have a legal right to resist illegal actions by police. The ONLY state where that's a legal right is Indiana. Look, I get it, you should have that right everywhere, but if you shoot a cop that's illegally breaking into your home, you will be arrested, charged, and convicted, IF you survive. And you probably won't.

Should you shoot them anyways? Absolutely. Just understand what the result will be.

Don't do that.

Shoot them in the dick.

Seriously.

The lower abdomen is chock full o' arteries, and a hit on the pelvis is going to instantly drop someone; you can't walk with a pelvis that's been shattered by a 9mm. It's also generally an easier target.