Statistically stupid. It will cause more psychological harm than it is worth the small probability that they are both involved in a school shooting and lucky enough the be saved by a foot square piece of metal.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (6 children)

They wont be any more traumatized by that, they already are traumatized by the weekly school shootings in the news.

[–] Laereht 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't know. I think we get numb to seeing it on a screen. I couldn't imagine being one of those kids holding a constant reminder. Everytime they put on their backpack and it's heavier than it should be. I know books aren't used in the same way they were decades ago when I was in school... But my backpack was always stuffed.

But let's ignore the root issue at hand. Let's just give body armor to children. They'll figure it out hopefully if/when their time comes

[–] MutilationWave 2 points 5 days ago

And, as pointed out earlier, this isn't even good ceramic armor, it's a one square foot steel plate that will be penetrated by a rifle.

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