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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe new "Duck and Cover"
A Company Has Designed A Bulletproof Blanket To Protect Kids During School Shootings
...He said that the blankets can be stored in the classrooms and children can lock the door and put these on in a matter of seconds.
The company says it is encouraging administrators to make the Bodyguard Blanket an integral part of school and university lockdown protocol.
...He said that the blankets can be stored in the classrooms and children can lock the door and put these on in a matter of seconds.
The company says it is encouraging administrators to make the Bodyguard Blanket an integral part of school and university lockdown protocol.
This is just sad in so many meanings of the word: http://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/a-company-has-designed-a-bulletproof-blanket-to-protect-kids
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The new "Duck and Cover" (Original Post)
gvstn
Jun 2014
OP
Yeah, god forbid that they deal with the cause when there's money to be made on the effect.
bluesbassman
Jun 2014
#6
spanone
(135,636 posts)1. Jesus Wept.
1000words
(7,051 posts)2. Someone is going to make a bunch of cash ...
and be able to send their kids to an exclusive private school.
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)3. That sound you're hearing
is the nation circling the drain.
How unbelievably sad.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)4. I'm sure the company is encouraging that at $1,000 each...
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)7. That's about what gunners pay for an AR15, isn't it?
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)8. You could buy a used Mini-14 for much cheaper with the same effect.
But, to answer your question, 1000 dollars could buy a very nice used AR15.
kentuck
(110,950 posts)5. My, how times have changed!
We used to hide under our desks in case of nuclear attacks.... Now the kids hide under bullet-proof blankets. In both cases, someone will make a lot of money off of perceived threats.
bluesbassman
(19,310 posts)6. Yeah, god forbid that they deal with the cause when there's money to be made on the effect.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)9. That is sad.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)10. Are they convertible for use in climate change?
onethatcares
(16,133 posts)11. as a country
we are truly fucked.
Having to teach kids to hide from gunnutz while they should be free to get an education is the dumbest fucking thing.
No scratch that, I'm sure there will be other dumbest things. Like no background checks when a gun is purchased or stockpiling
of ammunition and assorted sundries.