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Article: Bulletproof backpacks for students? Sigh
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- August 27, 2007
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The term "bulletproof backpacks" should be a fictional oxymoron. But it's not.
Sending kids to school -- grade school, high school or college -- with body armor should be an outrageous notion for parents. But it's not.
Finding a manufacturer that churns out such a frightening back-to-school product should be a tough task. But it's not.
In July, I attended a community safety meeting at a Chicago middle school, where a businessman and a professor introduced a thin bulletproof plate that could easily slide into a student's backpack.
Rich Arredondo, a Chicago State University business professor, knew he was triggering a ...