And safe! Between this and armed kindergarten teachers, we’ve got it covered!
BOGOTA, Colombia – A Colombian firm that makes bulletproof vests is now creating armored clothing for children. . . .
Previously, the company had only manufactured for adults.
“After the tragedy in Connecticut, we started getting emails from customers [all over the US] asking for protected (clothing) because they were afraid to take their kids to school,” Caballero said.
Products include child-sized armored vests, protective undershirts and backpacks with ballistic protection that can be used as shields. The products are designed for children ages 8-16 years old . . .
Caballero performed a test on a pink-and-yellow striped bulletproof backpack attached to a pale blue protective vest, firing a 9mm pistol and a machine gun to show it could withstand a barrage of bullets.
Nailed it. USA! USA!
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
Whatever Works 
Video game generation parents. Are they serious. To me it’s the end of the world as we know/knew it.
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Woodstock! You can comment on posts! 🙂
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I’m not sure Woodstock clicks the follow up comments box – hope so!
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Seems if I’m the first comment, I can comment. Who knew. Now I have to stay on top of the posts.
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Yeah I do, to no avail. BUT, I’m taking a Mac class next month – for 6 weeks so maybe I’ll be able to switch computers. About time.
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I suggested kevlar armor for children last week, tongue in cheek. In LaPierre’s America nothing, apparently, is too absurd.
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Jim, the worst of his press conference was that he was actually angry that others would DARE implicate guns !
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People are so fucking stupid. And others will always manage to make a buck off of it.
But of course, the answer is more guns. And yeah, that one in the teacher’s drawer? Great idea.
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The amazing thing to me Elyse is that the parents (US of course) were looking for a place to buy this stuff on thier own.
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O.K., maybe the super suits for the kids may not be such a bats***t idea after all – – so how about concertina wire-enclosed educational compounds where buildings are block houses with 7-foot concrete walls and where the kids themselves carry glocks? ( Kidding, folks, just kidding!) (Was that some kind of pun?)
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John – I saw a cartoon (can’t find it now) that pictured a classroom in a school with armed guards at the door and exactly what you suggested (facetiously I know, but still . . . ) – concret block houses, wire enclosures. The whole hting is insane.
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Why aren’t these being made in the ol’ US of A? It would seem to be a growth industry that could employ thousands.
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Labor costs are too high in America. The clothes would be priced out of reach of most families.
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Darwinian selection?
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😆
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