Mass Shootings/Guns Thread

[RupertKBD]

21 minutes ago, Satchmo said:

Let industry solve all problems.  It's the American way.

 

Bulletproofing America’s Classrooms

 

There have been more than 230 school shootings in the United States over the past decade and active shooter drills have become routine in students’ lives. Now, technologies developed to protect soldiers in war are being incorporated into everyday objects of childhood school days.

At a recent educational trade show, a booth displaying backpacks with removable ballistic shields — riddled with bullet marks from testing — was set between booths for the textbook company McGraw Hill and the learning toy Speak & Spell.

Some of these products come from major brands like 3M; others are designed by entrepreneurial parents. One thing they all have in common: they’re expensive ($185 for a pencil case, $450 for a bulletproof hoodie, $60,000 for a classroom shelter).

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/18/science/bulletproofing-schools.html

 

 

Fttt.....

 

Those are small change compared to the cost of.....