Posted on 05/29/2022 4:33:16 PM PDT by blam
Demand for bulletproof backpacks soars (again) after the elementary school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Over the years, mass shooting incidents at schools have increased sales for companies that manufacture bulletproof gear.
Nationwide, the search trend for “bulletproof backpack” is rising after last week’s horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Parents are concerned about their children’s safety.
A surge in search trends for bulletproof backpacks has occurred after significant shootings in the last ten years. This weekend’s search trend is at a three-year high and back to 2019 levels when there were several mass shootings that summer. Another spike in early 2018 occurred after a 19yo kid walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 17 others. A smaller jump was seen in late 2012 when a gunman killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
After the events in Uvalde last week, bulletproof backpack demand is surging, Bussiness Insider reports, citing Guard Dog Security, a Florida-based company that manufactures and distributes bulletproof gear. Guard Dog President Yasir Sheikh said they’re “seeing an increase” in customers interested in bulletproof backpacks.
Sheikh said there’s “an increase from our national retailers who carry our bags.” He noted retailers like Dick’s Sporting Goods, Home Depot, and Lowe’s already carried the bags that act as a shield in the event of a shooting. The bags are equipped with a level 3 plate that is designed to protect against 9mm and .44 magnum rounds.
Prices of the backpacks range from $100 to $300.
A diagram on Guard Dog Security’s website shows how the bags are used in the event of a shooting.
For five years, we have pointed out the increasing popularity of these bags:
A spike in bulletproof backpack sales has been typical after tragic events like a school shooting. Next thing you will know, the minivan is swapped out with an Audi Q5 Security (Audi’s first armored vehicle on a production line).
Meanwhile, lawmakers around the country have called for a ban on body armor since the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting earlier this month and the Uvalde shooting, where both gunmen wore plates.
They, originally, said that the Uvalde POS didn’t have body armor, but a tactical vest, then it was soft armor, now plates.
Wonder if he had an fbi handler, like the Buffalo and Garland shooters and the Michigan “kidnappers”?
Yup.
Everywhere i went to school backpacks were in lockers or in coatroom areas in the classroom. You cant have them wearing them or being hauled around everywhere they go.
Besides if a shooter got hold of a few now she or he has ballistic protection
70 years for me. I grew up in Rochester, New York. My grammar school was turned into a senior citizen apartment complex many years ago. The hospital I was born in was torn down in 1966. My high school was demolished in 1983. I'm next for the chopping block 😆
If they’re level three, all of those except .308
I love my kids. I have a rising high school senior who attends a great Christian school. I have a rising college sophomore taking in person Computer Science classes at a beautiful university campus. Both could benefit from bullet proof backpacks. Also, luckily, both ran track and cross country and know how to RUN FAST (best way to survive a mass shooting is to run).
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Don’t they want to ban “bulletproof” vests and stuff?
A back pack is a great way to conceal a SBR in 5.56 or 6.5mm w/o anyone being suspicious for personal defence. With room left over for a tablet, lithium ion power bank and cables for your phone’s.
LOL and schools don’t need a gun free zone they need a sign that reads THIS IS NOT A GUN FREE ZONE FEEL LUCKY?.
And they are adults.
The backpack will not stop and AR-15 bullets.
Try to protect the school with a locked perimeter, with police on the grounds, and Trained Shooter for the children, and banning guns with a posted sign to scare off the bad person.
AR-1, 3,250 ft/s
Best Vest: 1 round of armor-piercing ammo such as a 166gr 30-06 traveling at 2880 fps. Doesn’t protect after bullet 1.
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