um.... Troll alert (the mall ninja that is)
About 10 years ago my roomate at the time was a big Glock enthusiast and showed me the infamous Mall Ninja on a Glock forum. I suggest reading about the mall ninja because it is all very very funny.
The story that stuck with me the most was when the mall ninja was worried about snipers using high power rifles. He had this brilliant idea of sending 2 mall cops out to the parking lot. 1 of them was to do whatever they needed to get done while the mall ninja held up 2 trauma plates at head level to block any incoming sniper fire.