Some Baltimore parents are purchasing bulletproof backpacks. If you watch “The Wire” (and take it as the gospel truth like I do), then you would not be mad at these parents. It is pretty sad though. What’s even worse is that an expert quoted by a Baltimore reporter said that textbooks are actually about as effective (if not more so) at stopping a high-powered bullet as the bulletproof backpacks. So like, just make sure your kid has his algebra book and it’s all good. Like the man said, just read a book.
I guess next we’ll have bulletproof Elmo snowsuits and little pearl-handled pistols with Dora the Explorer bullets. Maybe there’ll be some field trips to the shooting range for kindergarteners instead of going to the zoo.
Arming your kids for school? Mind-boggling.
