16-year-old Ava Cotroneo with her bulletproof backpack she hopes can protect children during school shootings.Courtesy of Society for Science/Ava Cotroneo Cotroneo lives in the same county as Great ...

Others quizzed Walton on where she got the bulletproof backpack, which she appears to have fashioned herself. There appear to be no sanctioned Spider-Man bulletproof backpacks for sale online ...

Sales of bulletproof backpacks are surging in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre, manufacturers and reports said. Scared parents are reportedly scrambling to buy the armored bags, even ...

Companies that make bulletproof products are seeing sales spike following the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. National retailers are purchasing bulletproof backpacks from Guard Dog Security.

But bulletproof backpacks are not a solution to our school shooting epidemic. They are, at best, a Band-Aid — and at worst an admission that we’re never going to take real action.

They are bullet-resistant. The same applies to supposed bulletproof backpacks. They are not bulletproof but ballistic (bullet) resistant. There’s a limit on what they can stop. Ballistic-resistant ...

Students typically use backpacks such as these at school to carry their supplies to classes. But since the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, some parents are searching for bulletproof backpacks to ...

Bulletproof backpacks Body armor in general has different levels of protection, such as the vests police officers use, compared to some advertised bullet-resistant backpacks on the market.

Bulletproof Backpack was created as a platform for students to research, discuss and interview the topic of gun violence and inspired by the Parkland Florida shooting that left 17 students dead ...

Bulletproof backpacks and a teacher armed with a sledgehammer; Highland Park students, parents demand action in wake of gun on campus Gavin Good (Lake County News-Sun) ...

Children demonstrate what to do and how to protect themselves using bulletproof backpacks when “shots are fired” during a news conference outside police headquarters in Chicago on Sept 17, 2020.

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. — Bulletproof backpack inserts claim to offer an extra level of protection for your children as threat of school shootings continues to be unpredictable in the U.S.