A Colombian firm said kids' body armor sales to the U.S. are booming. March 27, 2013 — -- It was an ordinary school day for Demitric Boykin and his 4-year-old daughter, Jaliyah. Ordinary ...

Though not bulletproof, the sheet is made from 60 layers of tiny microfibers, which stiffen to create a Kevlar-like armor. “The product can be pierced, but you can’t tear it,” Fisher explained.

Of course, there’s another way to debate the effectiveness of bulletproof backpacks: Fire a bunch of bullets into them. We purchased two models. One was the Tuffy BackPack, which sells on ...

School Offering Bulletproof Panels For Kids' Backpacks. November 9, 2017 / 12:52 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia By Laura Diaz-Zuniga, CNN.

Not all are for kids; some companies market them to commuting adults. The products start with plain bullet-resistant panels, which cost about $100 and can be inserted into regular backpacks.

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- With kids going back to class soon, parents are thinking about getting school supplies. But some might be surprised by what they see on the shelves at some stores. Backpacks ...

It was an ordinary school day for Demitric Boykin and his 4-year-old daughter, Jaliyah. Ordinary, except for her brand-new backpack, ABC reports. Despite the girly pink fabric and pretty fairies that ...

Bulletproof backpacks have been on the market for years, but recent mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso, among the worst of the 260 mass shootings in the United States this year, have brought ...

Bullet-proof backpack latest for kids DANVERS, Mass., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- One new product this fall for U.S. schoolchildren is a backpack with a bulletproof lining.

In Arizona, a body armor manufacturer called Amendment II says sales of its bulletproof children's backpacks — Avengers for boys, Disney princesses for girls — have risen more than 500 percent.

They are purchasing armored backpacks in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy and one company says their sales of child-sized body armor and “bulletproof” backpacks have soared.