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Fathers Create Bulletproof Backpacks
The Indy Channel ^
| 08/10/07
Posted on 08/10/2007 4:57:23 AM PDT by Abathar
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To: Abathar
This is a really sad commentary on our society. Isn’t it?
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posted on
08/10/2007 7:39:03 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: Abathar
Abraham Lincoln HS in Brooklyn, NY has metal detectors and X-Ray machines that were probably current technology in JFK circa 1995 or 2000. I can’t remember traveling that far back but the size of the units are about the same.
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posted on
08/10/2007 7:40:10 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway staaaaaaaaaaaaarrr)
To: Hazcat
Very interesting, I shot 9mm hollow points, and 2 hard cover test books stopped them. Thank you for the link, that answered most of my questions.
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posted on
08/10/2007 7:42:31 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Sloth
***I carried easily that much when I was in school.***
Same here
I had a huge bag when I was in 7th grade. My science teacher made us carry the book every single day. That itself was an inch thick and at least 5 or 8lbs. I’m guessing carrying that massive load daily was what caused my back to curve a little and my shoulders to be so forward. My body compensated to carry the weight. I think there’s a law stating a child can’t carry more than a certain percentage of their body weight.
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posted on
08/10/2007 7:44:06 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway staaaaaaaaaaaaarrr)
To: Hazcat
re: 7.62x25 vs 9mm.
It beats the 9mm on armor, but not on paper.
LOL!, Thanks for the link.
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posted on
08/10/2007 7:47:43 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
To: PeteB570
When our #3 son started high school, I just bought a used edition of each textbook, so he wouldn't have to bring any books home, and we didn't have to make the trip back to school to get a 'forgotten' book. The school always had a used book sale at the beginning of the year, and I could usually pick up a really grungy copy of a hardback for less than $15. What I couldn't find at the school, I ordered from used book sales on the Internets. When he was done with them, we sold them at the following years' book sale at the school.
It was a great idea, and I wish I'd thought about it when our older boys were there! #2 son says he still has back problems from carrying all those books back and forth. ;o)
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posted on
08/10/2007 7:58:24 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: CometBaby
My children do as well. There is no time to hit a locker between classes.
It’s very common these days, hence the popularity of rolling backpacks.
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posted on
08/10/2007 8:22:04 AM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Of the potential GOP front runners, FT has one of the better records on immigration.- NumbersUSA)
To: EBH
The thing I don’t understand about see-through packs - what about feminine items? Are young women supposed to display these where the world can see them?!
To: Kaylee Frye
Try a small makeup bag or purse. Just the backpack has to be see-thru.
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posted on
08/10/2007 8:44:32 AM PDT
by
EBH
To: tiger-one
How many books will it take to stop a 7.62 X 39, or a .357?A .308/NATO 7.62mm will go thru about 18" of phone books, IIRC.
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posted on
08/10/2007 8:50:22 AM PDT
by
null and void
(When they say It’s for the children, never forget that the moonbats consider YOU a child ~Philistone)
To: null and void
I wonder why others got so much less penetration?
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posted on
08/10/2007 8:53:37 AM PDT
by
null and void
(When they say It’s for the children, never forget that the moonbats consider YOU a child ~Philistone)
To: CometBaby
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posted on
08/10/2007 9:07:12 AM PDT
by
knittnmom
(...surrounded by reality!)
To: Abathar
My 16YO daughter shredded a very thick math book with a .357
She said she hated math and that was her incentive. Got to love her! LOL
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posted on
08/10/2007 9:21:07 AM PDT
by
ninergold3
("Normal" - Just a cycle on the washing machine - Naomi Judd)
To: EBH
Ahh, I see. Then what’s the point? Someone could put a weapon inside the small bag inside the bookbag...
To: t_skoz
"Umm, last time I checked, Columbine was one of the whitest places on earth, and Eric and Dylan were two of the whitest kids ever." Well, ummmm, I attempted to answer your assertion that Columbine was anything like (almost) all inner city schools. Some overzealous admin moderator apparently didn't like what I had to say and did not allow the post to take place. Pity!! You would've been much better educated.
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posted on
08/10/2007 9:49:48 PM PDT
by
davisfh
To: WLR
Books, their purchase and the propaganda within them is just another aspect of the Public Education Con.
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Correction
Text Books, their purchase and the propaganda within them is just another aspect of the Public Education Con.
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posted on
08/12/2007 8:03:32 AM PDT
by
WLR
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