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The skyrocketing sales of bulletproof backpacks for kids [Updated]
"Your child's safety; Your piece of mind, is our business." So reads an advertisement for BulletBlocker, a company selling bulletproof backpacks and other body armor for children. Since the tragic ...
Sen. Blumenthal calls on FTC to investigate bulletproof backpack claims
Sen. Richard Blumenthal called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday to look into companies that claim to provide bulletproof school supplies. Manufacturers advertisers that inserts placed ...
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This 16-year-old student invented a bulletproof backpack and is now a finalist at the world's largest high school science fair
She designed a bulletproof backpack that can be worn ... It fits into both adult- and child-sized backpacks and — based on her tests — can protect the wearer from shots fired by a 9mm handgun ...
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Companies that make bulletproof backpacks for kids are seeing a spike in sales after the Texas school shooting that left at least 19 children dead
Demand for bulletproof kids' gear is spiking following the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, manufacturers told Insider. Four companies that manufacture bulletproof gear said they've ...