Sad But True: Bullet Proof Backpacks
Posted in Random by Dan at 3:53 pm
This post was published 2 years 3 months 1 day ago and its content may not be valid anymore.Michelle dropped this little tidbit to the tipline, alerting us to a bullet proof backpack for children.
A Massachusetts company called MJ Safety Solutions has come up with an innovative solution. It’s called the “My Child’s Pack”, a lightweight, unobtrusive nylon backpack that features a ballistic back panel effective in stopping 97% of the most commonly used bullets, even rifle shots. The backpack acts much like the bulletproof vests police use, yet weighs one twentieth as much.
How sad that it has come to sending our children to school with bullet proof bags.
It is sad we’ve come to this but it is good to see that something’s being done about it.
Wow. Sad, paranoid reactions to school shootings, methinks. Seriously, how much protection is one of these going to give? After a single shot, I think nearly any kid would drop the backpack in fear and pain, since the energy from the bullet still hits the target, though in a dispersed fashion. Plus, a shooter could walk up and shoot the kid cowering in the head or from the side or any number of ways.
All in all, it’s a gimmick to play on fears that does little more than spread irrational terror.
@ Rager…
I think this is meant more for protection from stray bullets. And it would be better than having no protection at all.
Nevertheless, I don’t think we are at the point where this sort of thing will be a necessity. And hopefully we never get to the point where it is.
Only in America…