Posted on 08/13/2007 8:53:42 AM PDT by Daffynition
Taking the kids back to school shopping soon? Here's one more item you can add to your "to buy" list: a bulletproof backpack.
The brainchild of this one-of-a-kind book-bag (that looks just like a regular backpack like the ones pictured) came about after the shooting rampage at Colorado's Columbine High School prompted a couple of Boston-area fathers to come up with a way to protect their kids if a gunman ever attacked their school. The result was a $175 (US) schoolbag with a bulletproof lining.
It's lighter than a standard police vest and marketed as being capable of withstanding a wide range of bullets, including nine-millimeter hollow-points.
And this is no high tech device. All you have to do is put it on and the bag's straps act as a handle that allow the pack to be used as a shield.
Joe Curran, a co-founder of "My Child's Pack", said the majority of school shootings involve handgun calibre bullets, fired from a distance of between one and three metres. He says he can't fix the world's problems, but his bulletproof book-bag can keep his children safe.
Pathetic, isn’t it?
Good Lord. It is pathetic.
Stephen: "The good Lord tells me he can get me out of this mess."
William Wallace: "And what does He say about me?"
Stephen: "Oh, He's pretty sure you're f*****! HAHAHA!"
More on this one:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879281/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879161/posts
Why pathetic? The inventors are entrepreneurs ...that’s the American way, eh? Besides if teachers were allowed to carry, many of these Columbine-type instances would have been prevented.
This is what political correctness gets you, pure and simple.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just put the kids in bulletproof vests? After all, many schools don’t let them carry back packs during the day, and the back back would only protect them from behind, unless they had time to react and pull the bag in front of them.
And if the shooter is within a few feet, they will notice the kid holding the backpack up in front of them.
Then there’s the point that the child is much more likely to be killed getting to or from school than to ever be confronted with a gun-wielding criminal while holding their backpack.
Bring back metal lunchboxes so the kids can go on the offensive.
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