Hope this isn't a dupe I searched.  

Whats next???  

OSTON -- It's time for parents to make the annual trek to get back to school items, which usually includes jeans, jerseys and a few notebooks.

NewsCenter 5's Pam Cross reported Thursday that a couple of North Shore men want parents to consider something else -- a bulletproof backpack.

"They have them with them on the floor, on their laps, on the bus. They always have a backpack," said Joe Curran, of My Child's Pack.

It started with the Columbine shooting in 1999. Curran and Mike Pelonzi said that they watched and worried for their own children. They had the idea to hide bulletproof material inside a backpack. They call it defensive action.

"If the kid has a backpack next to them, or under the desk, they can pick it up, the straps act as a handle and it becomes a shield," Curran said.

It's much lighter than a 15-pound police vest. After three years of experimenting, the backpacks that were tested by an outside lab ranked threat level two. It stops an assortment of bullets, including 9-millimeter hollow point bullets. The fathers researched school shootings from 1900 to this year.

They will sell for $175, but do the special book bags play upon paranoia when most schools are called safe?

"I want to keep my kid safe. I don't care what you do -- if you want to fight the good fight or fix the world's hurts, I can't help you, but my kids are going to be safe because of these backpacks," Curran said.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/13860078/detail.html

Well Hell, I don't see a problem with it.

If you can't legally carry in a school, I suppose armor of any kind couldn't hurt.

Imagine, however, the lawsuits for some fucker whose rifle made swiss cheese out of Johnny's Bullet Proof Backpack.

This is begging for a BOX O TRUTH test.

This topic is disturbing on so many levels.

I know parents want to keep their kids as safe as possible, but what have we become as a society to warrant this.

Unreal.

Quoted: "I want to keep my kid safe. I don't care what you do -- if you want to fight the good fight or fix the world's hurts, I can't help you, but my kids are going to be safe because of these backpacks," Curran said. http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/13860078/detail.html

Yea, these, so called "sheilds" are the miracle cure.  Sure they might save lives but this idea that these backpacks make you immune to being fatally shot is the same mentality thats going to lead to court cases like posted above.

I don't know. Sounds like a cool BoB.

Quoted: Hope this isn't a dupe I searched.

Your search-fu is weak

Quoted: This topic is disturbing on so many levels. I know parents want to keep their kids as safe as possible, but what have we become as a society to warrant this. Unreal.

we have become a free-thinking society with no need to carry a weapon. only a need to be protected from one.

my kids are going to be safe because of these backpacks

Yeah, just having it around automatically makes them safe

Quoted: Quoted: I don't know. Sounds like a cool BoB. I want one.

Me too.

From London..........stab-proof uniforms


Stabbings

Level two armor is easily defeated. I have seen pistols defeat it in tests.