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re: Bullet Resistant Backpacks
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:06 pm to HoustonChick86
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:06 pm to HoustonChick86
I have a kid in elementary school, so I get where you’re coming from. But those backpacks are for faux peace of mind…they aren’t stopping most high velocity rounds, especially not an AR.
This post was edited on 3/30/23 at 8:07 pm
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Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:07 pm to HoustonChick86
For parents who are considering getting this. Do you have a conversation with your kids explaining how to use this backpack to protect them in case shite hits the fan.
My prayers go out to y'all, I couldn't even imagine trying to have that conversation with my child.
My prayers go out to y'all, I couldn't even imagine trying to have that conversation with my child.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:08 pm to HoustonChick86
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Have yall bought any? This is so far out of my comfort zone. I live in a safe area but that means nothing anymore.
Anything that can stop a rifle round will need thickness or plating and be way too heavy for a child.
Better off pushing for better school security. onsite security / police presence at the school, bullet proof glass at the doors and windows. Catholic schools should be able to afford this shite easy with the prices they charge
remember that, barring a from-within attack by a student, people like the dead count tranny want easy targets. if you make it too challenging, they will look elsewhere Remember these are Gen Zers we are talking about
This post was edited on 3/30/23 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:11 pm to HoustonChick86
I bought two Bulldog brand I believe back around sandyhook time I think. They were both pink. My youngest is a junior in HS now so the pink one has been outgrown. I found an insert that fits into her current one. They’re not rated for rifles however.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:15 pm to QJenk
We have to have a conversation any way.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:15 pm to HoustonChick86
A backpack won’t save a child because chances are it will not be near, left behind, or slow them down.
If you really wanted most backpacks have a back slot where you could order a sapi, but to me, a parent of 3, that’s overreacting. It’s your kiddos though.
If you really wanted most backpacks have a back slot where you could order a sapi, but to me, a parent of 3, that’s overreacting. It’s your kiddos though.
This post was edited on 3/30/23 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:19 pm to HoustonChick86
What rounds will it stop?
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:19 pm to Deactived
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Hc, I would just be worried about the weight. Might be a hassle to carry that every day
likely would increase back problems. sitting on a wallet can screw up backs... for a little kid its probably at least an extra 10% (ontop of whatever is in the backpack) of their body weight. kids are gonna have really garbage form carrying excess weight.
almost certainly wouldn't be a viable form of protection during an incredibly improbable and rare circumstance.
id suspect the backpacks would save fewer kids than would be lost bc kids were playing at home with firearms 'shoot me in the bulletproof spot' 'i didnt think theyd get hurt with the bulletproof backpack' type scenarios.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:20 pm to HoustonChick86
I’ve been making my kids carry around 3 phone books in their backpack to stop a bullet. Might have to check this out.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:25 pm to wallowinit
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What rounds will it stop?
Something small, subsonic, from a distance
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:26 pm to HoustonChick86
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After the events this week and with kindergarten round-up coming up next month, my husband didn't think I was crazy for thinking we should get a back pack like this.
Have yall bought any? This is so far out of my comfort zone. I live in a safe area but that means nothing anymore.
Do you make it fun or just say this is it. You can have a fun water bottle or something.
These quite seriously only exist so Karen moms can post on Facebook about how awful it is that their kid has to have one in 2023 due to the scary gun people
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:29 pm to HoustonChick86
There's probably 10 million kids in grades 1-12? How many are killed/injured in school? There's a better chance of them getting struck by lighting while at lunch on a sunny day at noon. Getting kids to/from school is 10,000x more dangerous.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:32 pm to HoustonChick86
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Have yall bought any?
No.
I’ll be honest, having been in a school lockdown situation (thankfully not full on shooting) odds are your kid won’t be near their backpack. It’ll be in a locker, hanging up in the classroom, etc.
You’re better off asking your kid’s school what their security procedures are. Do they keep the doors locked and do they have alarms in case they’re left open? How do they admit/track visitors? What does a lockdown procedure look like for them?
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:36 pm to fallguy_1978
I’m all about being armed in order to protect your family on your terms, but this is a bit overkill. These deranged fricks want fear to consume parents, it’s part of their grand scheme of things.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:39 pm to greenbean
The idea of a small child successfully employing a body armor backpack against a mass shooter is just ridiculous
The alternative - that one protects a child not by intentional use by by pure happenstance - is even more absurd
I love my kids and everyone else's but people really need to understand that these are exploitative products
The alternative - that one protects a child not by intentional use by by pure happenstance - is even more absurd
I love my kids and everyone else's but people really need to understand that these are exploitative products
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:39 pm to greenbean
quote:this. it’s the same thing as Covid hysteria.
There's probably 10 million kids in grades 1-12? How many are killed/injured in school? There's a better chance of them getting struck by lighting while at lunch on a sunny day at noon. Getting kids to/from school is 10,000x more dangerous
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:41 pm to Pettifogger
I wasn't trying to upset anyone. It was nothing I was going to post online as an oh im better for thinking this. It was a general question if others were thinking of the same. That's it.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:48 pm to HoustonChick86
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I wasn't trying to upset anyone. It was nothing I was going to post online as an oh im better for thinking this. It was a general question if others were thinking of the same. That's it.
I didn't intend to insult. My wife had a tough time dropping off our son at preschool this morning even thought it's completely irrational. We all have those feelings. Men can probably play the statistics game a little more convincingly (to themselves) than women, but we all worry.
But these aren't intended to help. It's a product that companies know a certain contingent of advocate moms will buy - not out of concern for their children but for political point scoring. That some genuinely concerned mothers will get caught up in the ruse is a bonus. But there is a reason you won't find many owners of these products who don't moonlight as social media activists.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:48 pm to BluegrassBelle
I love that you think I'm a dumbass whi hasn't been thinking of this for 3 + years
Posted on 3/30/23 at 8:49 pm to HoustonChick86
of no use. some of the kids here have them but backpacks are typically hung outside of the classroom so I dont think it would help.
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