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Old 08-28-2007, 12:23 PM
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Back to school "Must Have" for your kids

Is A Bulletproof Backpack A "Must Have" For Your Kids This Fall?

Friday August 10, 2007

CityNews.ca Staff

Taking the kids back to school shopping soon? Here's one more item you can add to your "to buy" list: a bulletproof backpack.

The brainchild of this one-of-a-kind book-bag (that looks just like a regular backpack like the ones pictured) came about after the shooting rampage at Colorado's Columbine High School prompted a couple of Boston-area fathers to come up with a way to protect their kids if a gunman ever attacked their school. The result was a $175 (US) schoolbag with a bulletproof lining.

It's lighter than a standard police vest and marketed as being capable of withstanding a wide range of bullets, including nine-millimeter hollow-points.

And this is no high tech device. All you have to do is put it on and the bag's straps act as a handle that allow the pack to be used as a shield.

Joe Curran, a co-founder of "My Child's Pack", said the majority of school shootings involve handgun calibre bullets, fired from a distance of between one and three metres. He says he can't fix the world's problems, but his bulletproof book-bag can keep his children safe.
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Old 08-28-2007, 05:21 PM
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what happens if one is shot in the front? pretty pointless item
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Old 08-28-2007, 08:24 PM
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what happens if one is shot in the front? pretty pointless item
Right, and I'm thinking any backpack packed with hardcover textbooks is going to prove bulletproof. So any parent worried about this can just have their kid keep 4 textbooks in their backpack at all times, and they'll be effectively bulletproof against anything shot at their backs and save about 130 bucks in the process.
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Old 08-28-2007, 09:28 PM
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what happens if one is shot in the front? pretty pointless item
OMG.....how stupid are your kids???

If there are bullets flying all around.....I'd sure hope that your kids are sharp enough to take off the backpack and hold it in front of their torso.
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Old 08-28-2007, 09:46 PM
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OMG.....how stupid are your kids???

If there are bullets flying all around.....I'd sure hope that your kids are sharp enough to take off the backpack and hold it in front of their torso.

LOL... good point skip, looks like your mind is capable of practical useful thinking and not just retaining pointless trivia after all.
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I think its a good idea because the kids will be running from the gunfire and therefor need protection for their backs.
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OMG.....how stupid are your kids???

If there are bullets flying all around.....I'd sure hope that your kids are sharp enough to take off the backpack and hold it in front of their torso.


then what happens if they are being sprayed from behind?
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OMG.....how stupid are your kids???

If there are bullets flying all around.....I'd sure hope that your kids are sharp enough to take off the backpack and hold it in front of their torso.
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then what happens if they are being sprayed from behind?
Then the Revy portion of the family tree will cease to continue.

In other words, the Revy branch of the family tree has just been lopped off.
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Old 08-29-2007, 11:23 AM
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LOL... good point skip, looks like your mind is capable of practical useful thinking and not just retaining pointless trivia after all.
A mind should not be wasted.

Its pretty sad nowadays as people simply refuse to think for themselves.
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