Anyone buying a bullet-proof backpack?
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Anonymous
| There's a run on them now. |
Anonymous
| did you buy one? |
Anonymous
| The situations in which they would be helpful are minuscule, since they would only protect you while wearing them and people don't keep their back packs on during class. I wouldn't want to put my child at more risk if she runs to get her back pack in the case of an active shooter. |
Anonymous
| I’m shocked to find that most of my friend’s kids get to carry backpacks throughout the day. Mine don’t. They are only allowed to carry their backpack to their last class. |
Anonymous
| My kids’ school doesn’t have lockers so the kids keep their backpacks with them all day. We haven’t considered a bulletproof backpack. |
Anonymous
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Most backpacks are IIIA3 and would probably help against a 9 round probably wouldn’t do all that much against a round coming out of an AR-15 like FL shooter was using.
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Anonymous
| My kids carried backpacks with them in high school. However, they weren't allowed to in middle school and had to keep them stowed in their lockers during the day. Even in high school, they only wore the backpacks in between classes. The effect would probably be minimal. |
Anonymous
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Seriously, what has become of us in this country?!!
We never should have to have this conversation. |
Anonymous
| No. I refuse to give my kids more reason to be fearful. We are just not going to live like that. |
Anonymous
Buying a bullet proof backpack is a small price to pay for freedom. /s |
Anonymous
Depends on the school. At my school, of course you're not sitting in your seat in math physically wearing your backpack but the bag goes with you from class to class with your books and sits on the ground. So the thinking is -- active shooter/lockdown happens -- put your backpack on while you huddle in the corner. And the problem with corners is - common sense tells you to be in the 2 corners furthest from the door - except that puts you in direct line of sight of any nefarious actor. So maybe then you hide in the corner along the wall parallel to the door/hallway - except then if something gets thru the wall which is directly up against a hallway . . . . Not a bad idea actually. Our high school actually doesn't have closets in the room - so there is literally no place to stuff people and make them hidden. The last time we had closets was in elementary where everyone had a hook/mailbox kind of thing in a huge closet with doors so you could definitely put 20 kids in there and shut the doors and it would look like no one was in the room. |
Anonymous
I know. It's so disgusting and depressing. |
Anonymous
It really is depressing. All I could think of is how limiting a backpack would be in terms of protection. Wouldn't cover their heads or chests. I hate to think of kids having to live with such fear and anxiety for their safety. |
Anonymous
+1 This is terrible. Our kids are terrified. |
Anonymous
+2 We, as a country, have failed them. |