In addition to the boundless excitement that accompanied the inauguration of our nation's first African-American president, there were tremors of trepidation. Would Barack Obama be safe standing before those millions of people as he delivered his speech and marched in the parade? We should have known better.
Rumor has it, Mr. President was sporting a bulletproof suit on January 20th. How is that possible? Well, he clearly wasn't rockin' a conspicuous Kevlar vest, 50 Cent-style. But it's 2009 -- for the right price, there's a classier, more subtle way to protect yourself from flying bullets.

Example: According to Asylum, designer Miguel Caballero, who hails from crime-ridden Colombia (where there is apparently a demand for this sort of thing), has an entire line of discrete bulletproof clothing, including polo shirts and jackets that can withstand anything from 9MM slugs to automatic weapon fire. The $10,000 price tag makes this look pretty impractical for the paranoid Average Joe, but a guy like Obama could probably use one in every color.