Parents are searching for bulletproof backpacks after Uvalde. But are they effective?
: Level IIA, Level II, Level IIIA, Level III and Level IV. The higher the rank, the better the protection against high-caliber bullets. Level III and Level IV are the only ones that protect against rifles, according to NIJ.
“They’re designed to stop virtually any handgun round; any, any kind of bullet that you can put in a pistol that you can buy off the store shelves, our backpack inserts will stop them,” Naremore said. TuffyPacks are not designed to stop assault rifle bullets, and Naremore clarified that his products are labeled with the corresponding NIJ rank they meet.Related:
Naremore explained that his products were removed from some retailers due to liability concerns as companies didn’t want to take responsibility in case the product didn’t protect as intended.Carrollton resident Carmelina Grilli was an elementary school teacher for Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD up until last year. She questions the effectiveness of such backpacks during moments of uncertainty and panic.
“It’s like putting a band-aid on a wound expecting it to cure a symptom but ignoring the root of the problem,” Grilli said.second security gate at the main entrance of each school and upgraded safety measures in older schools“It seems to me we are reacting from inside out instead of it being the system that has control so that the inside — the educational system, children and the entire population — is not affected,” Grilli said.
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