“So on February 24th [2022] I already had all my stuff packed – a backpack, a bulletproof vest and other things – so with the sound of air raids I just grabbed my stuff and joined the ...

"I went to school in L.A. in the early '90s, and they did have metal detectors and they did search our bags for weapons," she recalls. But she doesn't remember ever having an active shooter drill.

Journey Jones, 10, was back-to-school shopping with his mom this summer when he asked for a bulletproof backpack to protect him in case of a shooting. “It could happen anytime,” he said.

How gun violence is reshaping American lives 1 June 2023 Mikaela Martin Lori Alhadeff's son Robbie (right) and friend (left) wear bulletproof backpacks By Madeline Halpert & Brandon Drenon BBC News ...

For Abdallah, having a plate in his backpack, and the training that comes with it, has become as normal as playing his Xbox. But he also knows not everyone is doing it, and that makes him frustrated.

ATLANTA, Ga. — 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 ...

Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell joined law enforcement officials at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center to test the backpacks out. The backpack was placed onto a mannequin.

But, because bulletproof backpacks might not always be the most practical solution, since backpacks can be changed frequently, having an insert that you can switch from backpack to backpack might be a ...

The mom of 5-year-old Weston Walton is giving him active shooter training before his first day of school in Oklahoma. Cassie Walton is also sending him to school with a bulletproof Spider-Man ...

Price says it’s all about protecting our kids in any way we can. He says on top of conversations, the use of a bulletproof backpack is an extra precaution. It is made to protect from a pistol round.

PITTSBURG COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – An Oklahoma mom’s Tik Tok video preparing her son in case of an armed school intruder and how to use his bulletproof insert backpack has gone viral.