The first bulletproof shield Joshua Christensen bought was for his 14-year-old daughter. He slid it into the back of the flashy pink backpack that she carries to middle school each day and told her: ...

In light of the recent mass shootings and school season is just around the corner, bullet-resistant backpack sales are skyrocketing around the country. A similar product, made right here in Little ...

Companies that sell “bulletproof backpacks” and backpack armor inserts say they saw record sales for their products after an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 children and two adults at Robb ...

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 renewed ...

Companies that make bulletproof products are seeing sales spike following the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. National retailers are purchasing bulletproof backpacks from Guard Dog Security. And ...

Notebooks, pencils, new sneakers... These back to school supplies are pretty standard, but a new school item is being touted this year — the bullet-resistant backpack. But what are they, what do they ...