Battleground school: Israeli company makes bulletproof backpacks for US market (VIDEO)

An Israeli company has produced a backpack which transforms into a full-fledged armored vest. It says the product is in high demand in the US, inspired by the school shootings “trauma” there.

“We designed a bullet-proof backpack at the request of our distributors in the United States after the huge trauma caused by the February shooting in Florida,” Snir Koren, CEO of Masada Armor, told AFP.

The February 14 shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland has become one of the deadliest incidents of the kind in US history with 17 people killed and some 20 injured.

The company’s new product has apparently been received well, as Masada Armor sold “hundreds” of the backpacks in just two months. Now the backpack is available for purchase online and the company seeks to increase production to 500 units per months, according to the CEO.

The backpack can quickly transform into an actual bulletproof vest, as a promotional video shows. The front piece of the vest is stored within the backpack, and takes about a second to pull out – at least by an adult in the video demonstration. It's unclear if a school student under stress would find it as easy to accomplish.

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Just don't send your kids to school. Problem solved. They might actually learn something then.