August 07, 2019
The fact that this is a trend is utterly heartbreaking.
Bulletproof Backpacks Are A Stomach-Churning Back-To-School Trend In US
Bulletproof backpacks are in high demand as parents buy their kids back-to-school supplies. Yes. Bulletproof backpacks. For children. Let that sink in.
The New York Times reports that US sales of the backpacks initially surged in 2018, after the Parkland, Fla. school shooting that left 17 dead, but that last weekend’s deadly mass shootings across the U.S. brought them back into the spotlight. 
Newsweek reports that one Texas company that sells the gear saw massive sales over the weekend, with people from California, New York, and Florida scrambling for the items. Twitter is also full of people discussing the backpacks, and Google Trends shows that searches for “bulletproof backpack” in the US have skyrocketed since 4 Aug.
Searches in Canada, while comparatively low, still surged over the weekend, with most searches for “bulletproof backpacks” coming from B.C., Alberta, and Ontario.
A popular pink bulletproof backpack was completely sold out on the US Walmart website Tuesday morning (10 minutes later, the website re-stocked and had one left). While harder to find in Canada, bulletproof backpacks do appear to be available at some retailers such as Cookware Canada, online at ebay Canada, and for a price, bullet-proof inserts for kid’s backpacks can be shipped internationally from the U.S. via Etsy (where, by the way, they are a best-seller).
Imagine how terrified parents in the US must be, now that bulletproof backpacks are on their shopping lists, right next to spiffy new shoes and a cool new lunchbox. 
“It’s incredibly depressing,” Igor Volsky, the director of Guns Down America, a gun-control advocacy group, told the New York Times. “The market is trying to solve for a problem that our politicians have refused to solve.”A Deadly Weekend in The USA pair of horrific mass shootings in the U.S. left 31 people dead this weekend. 
In El Paso, Texas, the death toll creeped upward to 22 Monday from the shooting two days earlier at a Walmart store, with two additional victims succumbing to injuries. Police zeroed in on a racist screed posted online before the shooting to try to link it to the suspect.
In Dayton, Ohio, even more questions remained about what spurred the suspected shooter to target a popular nightlife stretch in an attack that left the suspect’s sister among the dead.
The shootings have left parents in a panic as kids are set to return to school in September.
“I shouldn’t be afraid to send my child to school. My boy starts kindergarten and the first thing in my mind is should I buy a bulletproof backpack ... I’m so sad,” one person wrote on Twitter.  You know what’s crazy? I am online looking for a cute BULLETPROOF BACKPACK for my 12 yr old sister. 🤯— Les (@MajesticleLes) August 6, 2019I shouldn’t be afraid to send my child to school😩 my boy starts kindergarten and the first thing in my mind is should I buy a bulletproof backpack 💔😔 I’m so sad— Kayy (@Justcallkayy) August 6, 2019Having the right to bear arms does not mean you need weapons that are capable of killing mass amounts of people. Just had a parent ask if investing in a bulletproof backpack was a good idea. The kid is 11! She should be looking at cute nee clothes. Is America Great yet?— Dan Garry (@DanGarry3) August 6, 2019Are Bulletproof Backpacks Effective?Well, that’s the thing. Not really.
HuffPost US previously reported that Guard Dog Security and Bullet Blocker — makers of the backpacks — offer Level IIIA ballistic protection, as rated by the National Institute of Justice.
“That means it’s capable of stopping a bullet from a handgun, but not from a rifle like an AR-15 ― a semi-automatic civilian version of the military’s M16 that has become the recent gun of choice for mass shooters,” HuffPost reported.
WATCH: Experts put bulletproof backpacks to the test. Story continues below.The mass shooter who killed 20 children and six teachers in the Newtown, Connecticut shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary used an AR-15. So did the shooter that killed 17 people at at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. 
CBS notes that the backpacks are bullet-resistant, but that nothing is bulletproof.
“We’re not saying, ’Buy a backpack, it’ll solve everything,” Guard Dog Security founder Yashi Sheikh told CBS.
“We’re saying this will put you in a better position in the case of a school shooting than someone who doesn’t have a bulletproof backpack.”
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