[Ads-l] "Ballistic glass"

[Stanton McCandlish]

"ballistic glass" makes me think of flying drinkware. It's the bullet
that's ballistic, not the bulletproof glass.

Kind of like describing a sushi chef's knife as "pelagic" just because it's
used on seafood.


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On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 7:32 AM James Landau <
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> From Newsbreak"[Trump's]  campaign is also asking for enhanced flight
> restrictions over Trump's residences and campaign events and for ballistic
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> "Ballistic glass" is another term for bulletproof glass.
> The quote above, as writtten, says that the campaign is calling for
> bulletproof glass to be "positioned" across the entire state of Arizone etc.
> James Landau
> jjjrlandau at netscape.com
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