Texas Car Armor Company's Viral Response To The Motorcycle/SUV Incident That Involves a Pistol, a Crow Bar and Some Bullet Proof Glass

You have probably seen the story about the violent confrontation between a group of bikers chasing an SUV around New York City. The video and various edited versions of it, have been seen millions of times in less than a week.

Now, one Texas company that retro-fits vehicles with protective armor has created a video response using the incident to attract business.

Texas Armoring Corporation (TAC) is the company. They are in the business of securing vehicles against just about any kind of attack you can imagine.

On a recent episode of the TV show “Incredible Acts of Science,” the company’s president, Trent Kimball described what TAC does to cars, “We’ll take a common, everyday vehicle, take out the entire interior and put in our armored materials in the doors, the windows, the roof, the floor, the fuel tanks…and basically make it a cocoon of armor for the occupants inside the vehicle.” TAC’s clients include politicians, businessmen, celebrities and the Pope.

TAC is offering to armor the SUV of the man at the center of the biker, Alexian Lien…but there’s a catch. TAC will give Lien’s SUV the “cocoon of armor” treatment if their demonstration video hits viral status and collects five million hits on YouTube. TAC posted the offer on their blog page.

In the 55 second clip, TAC shows a man beating on the car window with a helmet – mirroring the incident in the video. However, unlike the window on Lien’s SUV that smashed after a couple of strikes, the TAC-treated window doesn’t break – but the helmet does.

After the helmet attack, a man with a metal bar takes a few swings. They bounce off the glass as well.

In the video, you can see that the iron bar cracks the window slightly, but does not break through the glass. So the TAC crew sent in a guy with a pistol to fire on the car at very close range.

The view from a camera inside the car shows how the armored windows managed to absorb the impact of the bullets.

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source: The Blaze (Opelka, Oct. 4)

Biker Groups play at being Santa

Biker Claus: Groups exchange sleighs for motorcycles to bring gifts to needy children

McKINNEY -- Conventional wisdom says Santa Claus rides a sleigh and leaves presents on Christmas Eve.

However, this Fourth of July, Santa will trade in his sleigh for a 2009 Harley Davidson Low Rider with a rubber-mounted twin-cam engine with 3,000 rpms of torque and chrome staggered shorty exhaust with dual mufflers.

The Dirty Bastards Motorcycle Club (DBMC), Bikers Against Road Rage (BARR) and the Guardians of Grace (GOG), the McKinney branch of the Christian Motorcyclists Association, are hosting the first-ever "Christmas in July." The clubs are collecting toys and goods for patients at a Plano children's hospital.

Collection boxes will be located at Fuzzy's Taco Shop, 3190 South Central Expressway, Suite 570, until July 4th. Collection boxes will also be placed at the parade, allowing for donations at the celebration.

The hospital is looking at different items based on age groups; the two groups with the greatest need are toddlers/infants and teenagers. For infants and toddlers, they are asking for children's books, baby toys, exersaucers, bumbo seats and plastic rattles. For teenagers, donations of art kits, clothing mirrors, bath products, journals and baseball caps would be appreciated.

Only new stuffed animals will be accepted due to infection control policies. Gift cards to Wal-Mart, Target and Toys"R"Us will also be accepted.

The DBMC got the idea for the event from one of the member's wives who made donations to hospitals' wish lists on a regular basis. She wanted to get the DBMC involved -- and the idea evolved into "Christmas in July."

Both groups will take part in McKinney's Hometown Fourth of July Parade, and immediately after the parade, the riders will pick up the donations from Fuzzy's Taco Shop and deliver them to the hospital in Plano.

"We are big on giving back to those who can't give back themselves," Shane LeClair, member of the DBMC, said.

LeClair said he and the DBMC hope to continue the Christmas tradition every summer.

"We would love to turn it into an annual event," LeClair said. "We would love to see it grow and have people participate."

"Christmas in July" allows the DBMC, BARR and the GOG to celebrate freedom through one big, caring gesture.

"The event is important because we are nothing if we aren't a community," GOG member Kirk Stephans said. "Freedom isn't free; we should lift each other up, both spiritually and physically. We want to foster community spirit through giving love."


source: star local news (Pawlinski, 7/2)
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Big bikers, bigger hearts

Representing Bikers Against Child Abuse, Pilot, Twisted Sister and D-Day offered their services to Saline County at the Inter-Agency Council meeting on Tuesday morning.

The unlikely guardian's black-inked tattoo, gruff appearance and crass language makes him seem dangerous, and the thunderous roar of his bike is surely off-putting.

The biker poses a threat, but that's the point.

As a member of Bikers Against Child Abuse, he fends off perpetrators of abused children, and he works to empower kids living in fear of violence. At the Inter-Agency Council's regular meeting Tuesday, D-Day and his biker buddies, Twisted Sister and Pilot, offered their assistance to Saline County.

"We're big burly guys," D-Day said. "But we're guys with big hearts."

The group of bikers exists to create a safer environment for abused children. Founded in 1995 by a therapist known as Chief, the bikers encourage children to testify against perpetrators in court.

"We are the plague to end child abuse," Chief said in a video message viewed by the council.

The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System estimated 1,770 child fatalities in 2009 in the United States. D-Day said 96 child abuse related deaths occurred in Missouri last year, and for every reported case it is believed there are three unreported cases of abuse.

Every BACA member rides because they have a "big heart" for children. If it helps empower the victim, they'll send the child to therapy, horseback riding or karate classes. The non-profit organization directs all the donated money toward helping the BACA kids.

"There's nobody in BACA that gets a check for doing what we're doing," D-Day said.

The bikers prepare the kids for the courtroom, go to trial with them, and, if needed, provide full-time protection during a threat.

"If you want to come after me that's fine, just don't go after the kids," he said. "I can take care of myself."

BACA works in conjunction with local and state officials, but the group consists of bikers from different backgrounds including law enforcement, lawyers, blue collar workers and people with "shady pasts." They only exclude child abusers or non-bikers from the organization.

According to their mission statement, they never condone violence. But if necessary, the bikers stand ready to divert perpetrators from children.

"If you're a pedophile or someone who's going to hurt a child, you're going to meet my fist," he said.

Consequently, in times of need D-Day has gone prom shoe shopping and sat at Wendy's all night while a BACA kid worked. He even took a 10-year-old boy to the swimming pool when the previous solution for his safety had been to keep him indoors.

"We stay there until the threat goes away," Twisted Sister said.

While there isn't a BACA organization here, well established BACA chapters border Saline County on all boundaries. BACA hopes to protect children in this area, too.

"We'll send whoever is closest and makes the most sense," she said.

BACA assigns each child two primary bikers. These bikers act as the child's protectors, but they also form a relationships with the child by taking them for ice cream and showing up at schools for "show and tell."

The BACA kids grow to trust their new "brothers and sisters," and when 40-plus bikers appear in the neighborhood for a ride, it sends a clear message of protection. This intimidation factor proves essential in securing the children, because most perpetrators live near their victims.

"We say what we do, and we do what we say," D-Day said. "And, there are a lot of us."

The child's confidentiality remains a priority even through the high profile rides. Most of the time, BACA riders don't learn anything about the child's specific case, until they accompany the child to court. Even the child's name remains confidential.

Each BACA kid chooses their own road name. Upon initiation into the BACA family, the kids receive a vest with their new name on it. On a ride, the abused children travel surrounded by their new biker friends, under their new pseudonyms such as "Frilly" and "Duck Man."

"We are a big ugly people, but that empowers them to be the kids they need to be," D-Day said.

For more information visit http://bacaworld.org or call the Kansas City, Mo. Chapter hotline at 816-520-0991


source: www.marshallnews.com
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About Texas Biker Lawyer, David Cole:

Attorney David Cole, as a youngster, recognized his love and passion of motorcycles. Well before law school, he owned and regularly rode numerous motorcycles. With his passion for the open wind and motorcycles, fighting to protect injured Texas motorcyclists and motorcycle rights seemed a natural fit after graduating from law school.