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Bulletproofing America’s Classrooms - Ballistic armor companies are marketing protective products designed for the military to parents and schools (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 2 months ago by gAlienLifeform to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is cynically capitalist and just theater anyway. Any plates that reasonably approximate NIJ III+ would be prohibitively heavy for children to carry throughout the day, if they actually wore them at all. The whiteboard/shield combo is my favorite one here: almost reasonable!

[–] GaMEChld 9 points 2 months ago

I dunno, you shoulda seen my backpack by high school, shit was a lethal weapon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

First: There is no current NIJ specification for III+. It's either IIIa, III, or IV. III+ is a marketing gimmick for plate that stop all level III threats, but don't stop all level IV threats.

Second: I guess that depends on what you count as 'prohibitively heavy'. UHMW plates that are listed as III+ by the manufacturer (again, there is not NIJ specification for this) can be in the 5# range per plate for a small. My backpack in middle school was easily 25# since I never used my locker, so ???.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

sounds like the children need to be stronger, and more r&D needs to go into making lighter bulletproof equipment.