The kids held the bulletproof backpacks this way and that way, crouching, using them for cover, as they would on a Chicago playground when street gang hitters take out the guns.

A Colombian firm said kids' body armor sales to the U.S. are booming. March 27, 2013 — -- It was an ordinary school day for Demitric Boykin and his 4-year-old daughter, Jaliyah. Ordinary ...

Not all are for kids; some companies market them to commuting adults. The products start with plain bullet-resistant panels, which cost about $100 and can be inserted into regular backpacks.

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Though not bulletproof, the sheet is made from 60 layers of tiny microfibers, which stiffen to create a Kevlar-like armor. “The product can be pierced, but you can’t tear it,” Fisher explained.

In Arizona, a body armor manufacturer called Amendment II says sales of its bulletproof children's backpacks — Avengers for boys, Disney princesses for girls — have risen more than 500 percent.

Guard Dog CEO Yasir Sheikh said his company began selling bulletproof backpacks in 2013, shortly after the Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012, that took the lives of 27 people ...

A community group is advertising bulletproof vests for kids in an effort to get out the vote. A grade school classroom. Oct. 16, 2014, 11:06 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 17, 2014, 1:27 PM EDT ...

A firefighter in Arizona has created a line of bulletproof vests that can be worn by children in the event of a mass shooting. iStock/Getty. Goodman also told KTVK-TV that his vests could've ...

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 ...

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