The first bulletproof shield Joshua Christensen bought was for his 14-year-old daughter. He slid it into the back of the flashy pink backpack that she carries to middle school each day and told her: ...

National retailers are purchasing bulletproof backpacks from Guard Dog Security. And customers from all over the US are buying up MC Armor Company's bulletproof backpack inserts. Demand for ...

Companies that sell “bulletproof backpacks” and backpack armor inserts say they saw record sales for their products after an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 children and two adults at Robb ...

In the wake of tragic mass shootings, some parents are buying bulletproof backpacks for their children. “When Uvalde happened, my daughter had just graduated from Pre-K. I grieve for those parents,” ...

With the start of another school year and several recent mass shootings, a growing number of parents are concerned about the safety of their kids.Some are taking action.In addition to pencils and ...

Notebooks, pencils, new sneakers... These back to school supplies are pretty standard, but a new school item is being touted this year — the bullet-resistant backpack. But what are they, what do they ...

JULIAN, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) - They're designed to keep your children safe, but just how effective are bulletproof backpacks? We visited a rural North Carolina gun range to see if armor aimed at students ...

Binders, pencils and rulers are on most back-to-school shopping lists. Now, some parents are adding bulletproof backpacks, but is pint-sized armor going too far? On an ordinary school day for Demetric ...

ROCHESTER, NY (WHAM) - It's that time of the year again. In a few weeks, children will head back to school. In some parts of the country, they already have. As kids head out the door, parents are ...

Sales of bulletproof backpacks have spiked almost 300 percent following a spate of school shootings and the recent attacks in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Yet, none of the backpacks currently on ...

Well here's some more depressing news: Mother Jones's Tim Murphy has the full story of why adults are stocking up on backpacks lined with "carbon nanotube armor" in the wake of the Newtown massacre.

COBB COUNTY, Ga — With the uptick in mass shootings, some parents are buying bulletproof backpacks for their children. Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell worked with law enforcement ...