Sentences with phrase «bulletproof backpacks»

Sheikh said he was inspired to design custom bulletproof backpacks shortly after the 2012 assault rifle shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary at Newtown, Conn., where 20 students, ages 6 and 7, and six adults were killed.

His Pompano Beach - based company — which makes bulletproof vests and other body armor for military, police, federal agencies and corrections officers — does not make bulletproof backpacks for a reason, he said.

Three days after the Parkland shooting, the company sold out of its six - month inventory of bulletproof backpacks, Guard Dog CEO Yasir Sheikh said.

But most bulletproof backpacks can only resist bullets from handguns or pistols, not an assault weapon.

A Florida company selling bulletproof backpacks is Guard Dog Security in the Orlando area.

Following the tragic shooting death of at least 17 students and teachers at a south Florida high school, sales of bulletproof backpacks are on the rise.

Bulletproof backpacks would be legal in public schools under a bill that breezed through the Legislature, nearing final approval Tuesday.

Michael Dorn, executive director of nonprofit campus safety organization Safe Havens International in Macon, Ga., said a bulletproof backpack would be the last thing he would buy his son to stay safe at school.

Armor expert Aaron Westrick agrees, saying he doesn't consider a bulletproof backpack a good investment for student safety.

Not exact matches

He went home, cut his bulletproof vest in two pieces and made two prototypes with his son and daughter's backpacks.

From bulletproofing technology that can be applied to backpacks or desks, to connecting survivors and organizing transportation, these startups are trying to solve some of the nation's most urgent problems.