HOUSTON -- As the number of school massacres across the nation has grown, some companies have taken steps to reinvent every day items that students could use to protect themselves. Enter: the ...

Leaving the house? Don't forget your bulletproof gear, says Robert Scott. His Miami-based company Armour Wear is now selling lightweight, bulletproof inserts that are meant to be placed in backpacks, ...

DANVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- Back to school means backpacks, but what if you could make that backpack bulletproof? A Danville dad and tactical gear expert invented what he calls the "pak protect." ...

Bulletproof backpacks on display at Office Depot on East Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Office Depot is one of several national retailers selling the items. Recent mass ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Dropping off and picking up her two boys from school is part of Kisa Shapiro’s daily routine. However, she admits after hearing about school shootings in Parkland, Florida, and Santa Fe ...

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — Some stores in our area are now offering bulletproof backpacks as families prepare to head back to school. Channel 9′s Dave Faherty learned some of them have been sold in Burke ...

PITTSBURGH, March 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a backpack that would provide a degree of defense and protection in the event of an active shooter situation at school," said one of two ...

PITTSBURGH, July 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "School shootings in the U.S. have become all too common. I wanted to create a bulletproof accessory that can be used with any backpack to protect students," ...

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