Canada – -(Ammoland.com)- An Oklahoma company that sells a blanket to protect children from gunfire has seen its business grow after a spate of U.S. school shootings has left parents and educators on edge.
ProTecht of Oklahoma originally developed its “Body Guard” blanket product to keep children safe from high-speed debris flying through the air from the tornadoes that frequently hit the state, but many parents see it as armor against bullets, the company said on Thursday.
“The government is not going to do anything in law about guns, and there is nothing else out there to protect the children,” said Stan Schone, who helped develop the blanket.
The 5/16th-inch (7.9 millimeter) pad is made from bullet-resistant materials that can be folded and strapped on the back and then unfurled to hide under in emergency situations. The blankets sell for about $1,000.
The company declined to provide sales figures. Co-developer Steve Walker, an Oklahoma podiatrist, came up with the idea of a protective blanket after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in late 2012 and a tornado a few months later that killed 24 people in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including seven children at school. ~ (Original story, Yahoo News – Reuters – June 12, 2014)
CSSA ED. NOTE: Sigh. Teaching children to be sitting ducks under blankets? No thanks.
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This is a ridiculous idea! First of all, the bright orange color will no doubt attract the attention of a shooter. Secondly, with its size, it can’t possibly be more than “Level IIIa”, which will only stop handgun rounds. If it was “Level III or Level IV” it would be too heavy for a small child to hold. A 10″x12″ ceramic “Level III” plate for military body armor weighs over 7 pounds. That thing has about 12 times the surface area of one of those plates so, if it could stop rifle ammo, it would weigh over 85 pounds. So,… Read more »
there is an item at ar500armor.com a real backpack that can carry the school supplies and have a plate put in it that will stop rifle bullets for under 200$ us that out performs this stupid idea at 1/5 the price and is usefull at any time the child has it with them
I agree,I’ve never understood why people think the Israeli way in anything is always best ! It’s not,ever ! If you do the opposite of what they do you will always come out ahead !
Fred
How israel does things is the absolute wrong way to deal with any problem. Besides they are the ones who are behind the dis arm America scheme
License,train,and arm the teachers and staff to protect the kids ! This nonsense here is just more of that liberal knee jerk crap !
One thing that we will never run out of is stupid ideas. This has to rank near the top and like most bad ideas dosn’t address the real problem. Bad guys bring guns to schools while the good guys are disarmed. Guess we will never learn
They always blame the guns,..just the guns !
I just love that part about the Gov not going to do anything about gun laws. How about the deranged nuts that do the shootings
And of course offer the product in hi-vis orange. Brilliant.
Cover in place. Hope for the best. Attend funerals after. Great strategy.