Meanwhile in Arkansas . . .

Prime example of natural selection at it’s finest right here!

Two neighbors in northern Arkansas, Charles Ferris (50) and Chris Hicks (36), were like a couple of kids with a new toy when one of the men bought a bulletproof vest.

The pair decided to try the bulletproof vest by taking turns wearing it while the other shoots a 22-caliber rifle and the vest-wearer’s chest.

To answer the question you didn’t actually ask . . . YES, they were drunk.

Fortunately, the bulletproof vest was in good working condition and stopped the bullets.

Thing is, getting hit by those bullets still hurt, causing the guys to go to the hospital with bruises and chest pain.

The dudes didn’t want to get in trouble for shooting each other and made up this elaborate cover story on how they were paid $200 to protect an “asset” and got into a shootout while guarding it — like, straight out of an action film.

However, one of their wives showed up at the hospital and blew their cover story, explaining what really happened.

Now, both guys are facing charges on aggravated assualt and looking at up to six years in jail.