What a crock of crap ~ Back-to-school goes ballistic

[JuJu]

:eek

Parents have a new item to add to their kids’ back-to-school supplies list: the bulletproof backpack.

Just in time for the new academic year, Massachusetts-based MJ Safety Solutions has unveiled My Child’s Pack, described on the company’s website as the first “full size, lightweight ballistic protection backpack that is affordable and practical.”

The response has been overwhelming.

“We were pretty sure that parents would take to this,” said co-founder, Mike Pelonzi, but the incredible demand for the product has caught everyone there off guard. Orders for the $175 US bags have been pouring in online and the one store in Pelonzi’s hometown of Danvers, Mass. carrying the packs has been sold out since day one.

My Child’s Pack has been years the making, says Pelonzi, who came up with the concept along with co-founder Joe Curran. Both are firearms instructors and have children they intend to keep safe.

“In 1999, after the Columbine incident, myself and my friend Joe wondered if there was anything out there to protect our kids in a school environment.”
The pair did their research and three years ago began to develop the bulletproof backpack in earnest.

The adult-size bag comes in two styles and contains a 20 oz. ballistic panel similar to those worn by the police and military. It can be worn on the back for protection or held in front of the torso and head as a shield. (Due to a flood of requests, production of a smaller size pack suitable for elementary school children, is also being considered.)

Presently, MJ Safety Solutions is only shipping within the United States, but they have lawyers looking into the intricacies of Canadian distribution. There are certain laws, says Pelonzi, regarding the shipment of ballistic materials across the border, but they are hopeful that within two weeks the customs red tape will be cleared.

http://www.canada.com/topics/lifestyle/backtoschool/story.html?id=ef8a16ae-b27f-4adf-b2f3-4c9ccb7e1584&k=91232


How sad is that?


:mad
Shit world for kids these days.

 

[Reaver]

making tons of money off the fears of others

they should be ashamed

 

[GuesSAngel]

shit i wish i would have thought of the idea.

 

[Mrs Behavin]

now thats scary! I think if it came down to there here, I would start homeschooling my kids. I'd be to afraid to send them to school where they needed bulletproof backpacks.

 

[IntruderLS1]

I used to think kids these days were growing up in tough times, but then I had a wonderful conversation with my grandmother about it.

They came up in a time where kids were taught in school to hide under their desks to help save them from nuclear bombs!! They even had some catchy "Duck and Cover" songs they all had to learn. :eek2:

 

[Charmer]

I used to think kids these days were growing up in tough times, but then I had a wonderful conversation with my grandmother about it.

They came up in a time where kids were taught in school to hide under their desks to help save them from nuclear bombs!! They even had some catchy "Duck and Cover" songs they all had to learn. :eek2:

Uh...em...er...um...we had those in the 60's and early 70's, too.

 

[Ria]

Charmer, you are same age as me. Didn't realize that til now. i didn't have to do that though.

 

[BreakfastSurreal]

in 1999 when the whole columbine thing happened, our school district was the first in the country to adopt the clear backpacks only policy, and also went to standardized dress and got metal detectors.

 

[IntruderLS1]

Geez. Overreaction a bit?

 

[Sneakiecat]

in 1999 when the whole columbine thing happened, our school district was the first in the country to adopt the clear backpacks only policy, and also went to standardized dress and got metal detectors.

We just had to wear I.D. around our necks all the time.

 

[GuesSAngel]

i remember we weren't allowed to have backpacks...had to carry everything by hand and we had IDs.. but the girls were allowed to have purses which didn't make much sense b/c I made sure to carry some big ass purses.

 

[Sneakiecat]

We weren't allowed to carry backpacks before that. Something about people tripping over them or something like that.

 

[GuesSAngel]

haha sounds like they made that rule b/c of me. That's something that I would do.