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Second Chance is an American body armor manufacturing company. The company was founded in the early 1970s by U.S. Marine and pizza delivery owner/driver Richard Davis. Davis developed the idea of a bulletproof vest after shooting three armed robbers in self-defense during a delivery.
Richard Davis, American businessman and inventor of all-kevlar body armor, founder of the Second Chance Body Armor Company; Music. Richard Davis (composer) ...
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Armor Holdings was founded in 1969 as American Body Armor and Equipment, Inc. [2] at Jacksonville, Florida. In January 1996 the company underwent a change in control; Kanders Florida Holdings, Inc. and others purchased the stock held by the company's two largest shareholders. The Armor Holdings, Inc. name was adopted on August 21, 1996. [2]
Products include body armor under the American Body Armor, Second Chance, and PROTECH brands; holsters, and duty gear under the Safariland and Bianchi brands; accessories under the Hatch and Monadnock, and other specialty brands; and less lethal products under the Defense Technology brand. [24]
Second Chance eventually recalled all of its Zylon vests, which led to its bankruptcy. The company once was able to claim that it held over 50% of the market for law enforcement body armor, all by itself. [14] This explains why 98,000 vests were recalled by Second Chance alone. [15]
The High Risk Modular (HRM) tactical vest is a body armour used by the LAPD SWAT teams, [1] [2] NYPD ESU and the United States Marine Corps The vest was manufactured by Point Blank Body Armour and was issued from 1987 to 2006 when it was replaced by a standard III-A Soft armor vest.
List of body armor performance standards; Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops; Plate armour; ... Second Chance (body armor) Siping-siping; Small Arms Protective ...