Back to School Bullet-Proof Backpacks

[JoeChalupa]

Anyone thinking of getting one?

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/1970/01/bullet-backpack.jpg

It's suggested that they could be used as shields and run around $175.

Is this what it's come to?

[Fillmoe_]

i bought 2 yesterday

[mrsmaalox]

Those were real popular back in DC during the "Sniper" time. I never bought them because my kids' school had armed ATF agents escorting them from the car to the building! Now how traumatic is THAT for a kid?!