Since Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook University and corumbyn University, some companies have started offering bullet-resistant school supplies that are used as shields when shooting.
Backpack and whiteboard--
Just a few hundred dollars. -
This is to give students the last line of defense, but experts say all they do is provide a false sense of security.
Sales of these items always broke out after the shooting, and a company reported that sales of the items increased after the new town massacre last year.
Sales are active now. t0-
School shopping has increased.
"When you can't control the gun --
"The related violence has happened and you can choose what to do to improve your chances of survival," a company said on its website . ".
"At the same time, arm the teachers and make the children invincible!
Another company that sells children's goods
The announcement of friendly body armor.
The items range from $250 to $600 for a backpack with an integrated body armor.
But safety experts say that children's bullet-proof clothes are "impractical at best and divert attention from real life --
"Save resources in the worst case," NBC's Tracy Connor reported . ". "This may be good --
It's purposeful, but it's not very clear.
Ken Trump of Cleveland said: "go out
School safety advisor and father of the child.
Children often have no backpacks on hand (
What happens if shooting happens in PE class
He said it is difficult to use in practice.
Michael Donne, executive director of Safe Harbor International
Helping schools improve profits on safety procedures, adding that bulletproof backpacks are "not practical in terms of cost"
Position of interest.
"They have never proved to be effective compared to attempts and are very expensive --and-
Real technologies like improved training, drilling, and disaster planning basically don't cost anything.
Even the bulletproof backpack supplier admits that simple locking of classroom doors can be more effective.
"We can reduce the school's mortality rate by half through good student supervision and a better exercise process," Dorn said . ".
If you want to spend a lot of money on security-
The University of Maryland spent $60,000 on bullet plates. -
You 'd better use the money to hire a school psychologist or a school police officer to take care of the children in question, says Doon.
They also have the added benefit of being useful 99.
There was no school shooting 99999% of the time.
But Trump told NBC that over the past five years, school safety and emergency programs have been "severely cut" as the national budget has been cut ".
There is also the question of whether someone can successfully deploy a backpack shield in the midst of intense gun battles and chaos.
Just like trying to protect yourself with your own gun in a shot, it is almost impossible to respond in time.
A few years ago, ABC's "20/20" proved this with a clever experiment.
They recruited a few college students and gave them guns (
It shoots paintball)
They then told them that they had to push back a gunman later in the day.
Even with advanced warning and training, when a "gunner" suddenly broke in and started shooting, each student failed to stop the shooting and was eventually shot by himself.
Some people even have many years of experience.
Most people don't even get one shot.
Some innocent bystanders "shot ".
It is not difficult to think that bulletproof backpacks may have the same problem.
If a gunman breaks in, will a student have enough money and time to find their backpack, grab it, and maybe follow it. But maybe not.
But maybe it doesn't matter because the companies are really selling peace of mind.
And $600 backpack.