Posted on 09/03/2018 9:13:52 AM PDT by rktman
An Israeli company that designs military-grade vests, uniforms and helmets has developed a bulletproof backpack for school students – and orders are pouring in from the US.
Masada Armour created the bag, which costs upwards of £385, in response to the sheer number of shootings at American secondary schools in recent years.
Now, the firm says it is having to scale up production to keep up with orders from worried parents ahead of the new term.
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It's far more dangerous to get in a car.
Body armor is sensible. I have a Level IIIa panel in a Swiss Gear backpack that I usually have with me at work. I plan to upgrade to Level IV soon.
I have a rigid MOLLE insert for that backpack too that has a holster, mag pouches, IFAK, goggles, gloves but that stays in the trunk of the car.
I always say that when the urge to add another gun to your safe hits you, consider spending that money on gear instead. But, skip the obvious tacticool stuff. Buy equipment that lets you blend in and blend back in. Basic guerrilla fighting 101 stuff.
These actually look like they would be worth the investment.
As you said, they blend in as just a back pack until deployed.
So you hold up the school bag to your chest? to your head? Wear it like a backpack and run away from the threat?
Or is it to protect Dick and Jane?
Yeah, but most schools don’t allow the kids to carry their backpacks around. They put them in their locker and carry the books.
Another reason to home school.
>>Yeah, but most schools don’t allow the kids to carry their backpacks around. They put them in their locker and carry the books.
Well, if they aren’t 100% effective, then the idea is stupid! Same for carrying a handgun for defense. Sheesh. It might not stop a 300 pound thug on PCP, so why even bother.
I didn’t say it was stupid. I will call it pretty much a scam. But. People are free to waste their money.
Don’t buy the backpack, most schools allow them in the classroom.
Get a ballistic folio instead
https://sep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-98642741707334/bulletblocker-nij-iiia-bulletproof-defender-notebook-folio-120.jpg
The thing weighs 5 kg (11 pounds), way too much for kids who also have books to carry. If you’re going to stop AR/AK rounds, it’s going to be too heavy. Why not just https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/411558224/Talos+Ballistic+NIJ+IIIA+Bulletproof+Protective+Shield++Large+Tapered+12+X+16 a 12” by 16” panel sewn into the backpack for $150, and accept that you’re not going to stop rifle rounds, although Kevlar might stop even those after a textbook or two?
As far as I know for all these school shootings....the perp walked in the front door WITH a weapon in tow.
So rather than identify and intervene in the lives of lonely, vindictive outcasts who are posting psychotic drivel and pictures of themselves with their artillery on their Facebook pages, we’ll make our kids wear body armor. Good God this country is off the rails.
a pistol would be of more use
So rather than identify and intervene in the lives of lonely, vindictive outcasts who are posting psychotic drivel and pictures of themselves with their artillery on their Facebook pages, we’ll make our kids wear body armor. Good God this country is off the rails.
Ack! Double post! Sorry
Trained to “double tap” I see.
Former Military, former Federal Agents, former Police, with honorable records and DOG HANDLING/TRAINING experience is the solution. or part of it. I do not care how allegedly nuts the “shooter” is, the only thing more scary than a round being chambered into a shotgun is the sight of a K9!
More direct approach will be to allow parents, teachers, and staff with CCW to carry. May it a national low, tied to national reciprocity. Allow Americans to be be more directly involved and responsible for their self-defense instead of relying on slow respond and wait until shooting is over police or, yes seriously, a bucket of stones in some schools.
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