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(CBS4) WEST PALM BEACH School shootings are a real fear this day and age and now a Massachusetts company has invented what they call a bulletproof backpack in order to keep kids safe.
The company advertisements claim the backpack will stop a nine millimeter and that it’ll stop about 90 percent of the weapons that have been used in school shootings.
But does it really work?
A West Palm Beach radio station purchased one of the backpacks and decided to put it to the test. They took the backpack to a gun range, strapped it to a stand and enlisted experienced gunman John Patrick to fire the shots.
Standing about 15 feet away, Patrick first fired a nine-millimeter handgun, then a 45-millimeter and finally a 38-millimeter was fired at the backpack.
After the backpack was checked for holes on the outside and penetration on the inside, it was determined that the backpack held up very well and did better than expected.
"I thought it held up exceptionally well and it didn't penetrate it, just bulged the backside and I was very impressed with it,” said gunman John Patrick.
Radio station producer Tim Burger agreed. “The 45 was a little bit of an extreme. I personally didn't think it was going to stop it and it ended up holding its own."
John said it appears that injuries to the person wearing this backpack would be minimal.
The backpacks sell for about $175.00. They were created by two fathers inspired by the Columbine school massacre.
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How bad are our schools when people are thinking of creating bulletproof backpacks? It's just something inconceivable, in my opinion, having to send your kid to school with a bulletproof backpack. The solution is to improve the security in our schools, not send our kids with bulletproof backpacks.
