Abstract: See-through, hand-held, bullet-resistant shields are disclosed which provide life-saving upper body protection for a police officer, shopkeeper, bank teller or any person holding said shield, or standing or ducking behind said shield when substantially vertically mounted on the side of a counter top surface. Such shields are formed from a totally see-through or substantially transparent (no lens) bullet-resistant sheet material, capable of being vertically disposed and of a size and shape so as to provide upper body frontal protection of at least a person's face, head, neck, forearm, hand and upper chest anatomy; and has at least one hand-gripping means centrally attached to and spaced from one side of said transparent sheet.