Personal Protection: Bulletproofing Your Book Bag
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- Paul tries different ways of making a book bag bulletproof.
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Many people have mentioned steel plate. Remember, lots of schools have metal detectors. Also remember that body armor is prohibited in some places so the AR plates, the Kevlar book bags, etc. may not be available to everyone. then there's the matter of cost. The ceramic tile was $1.97 How much does the tactical back pack cost?
And remember, you have to get your books out of your bag without everyone seeing the tile. So the armor has to be under the books even if it may be more effective on top of them.
Would a school tell the Parents that their child cannot have a bullet proof backpack?
just buy your kid a lvl 4 bookbag plate and be done
Something to consider as well is that you could probably make an effective bullet stop with several layers of ceramic and not worry with the Kevlar or poly.
As stupid as it may sound, and trust me, I doubt these arguments are being made in good faith in the first place, if body armor is illegal where you live, yes a school will tell your child they cannot wear any form of body armor, be it in a backpack or otherwise.
Not to mention the added weight. That won't be good for the kids back.
That dang 9th pellet flyer struck again!
LOL that occurred to me.
Haha I thought the same thing!
@@Charlie_Rowe
So did I!
Obviously that means you always want at least 9 pellets in your buckshot!
Someone send lucky gunner a note
Well, that's something I have in common with a 9mm.
Can't get through an algebra book.
HAHAHA well done
So, I guess there IS an everyday application for algebra after all.
🤣🤣🤣
That's a good one !
I wonder which calibre differential equations would stop...
Cashier: That’s a lot of fleece, whatcha making?
Paul: A new and improved high tech fleece bullet stop.
If he went to a register that might be an issue. However they refuse to check his reciept.
He lives in the Northwest, no amount of fleece is questioned.
With the amount of cost, they are really fleecing their customers....
I know where the door is.
@@Taistelukalkkuna winner of the day.
Imagine the guy he buys all the food he shoots. “Whatcha doin’ Paul?” “Recreating a human bottle to shoot at”
I was hoping to see the Paul produce a backpack from his jacket pocket. "I'm using the red Jansport, 21 liter dual strap three pocket shoulder carried backpack"
"... and it is loaded with a First Edition `Algebra Essentials Practice Workbook with Answers` Yellow Cover 208 page Mathematics handbook"
@@marcelroodt you took it to 11.
for future reference Survival and Cross bag folds into a carry bag and could be stuffed into his coat.
To "Stark Parker".... Classic comment. LMAO. Cheers and Thanks for the laugh
And does it without breaking eye contact with the camera.
"Remember....it's all fun and games until someone pulls out a M16." - Words to live by!
Nah you no need M16 to be shoter into head:)
Mike Tyson's version of this is, "Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth."
@@Kestrel_1 he should have fought more Irish lol we enjoy it
@BWM Much more than we know. Scary.
"As they say, it's all fun and games till somebody pulls out an m16"
-Paul Harrell
Needs to be a t-shirt with this on it...
How the f... can they acquire an assault rifle. No way or reason a civilian should own or have such a weapon. Luckily for me this video is a nothing as I, my family, friends and strangers have a miniscule chance of being involved in a shooting incident.
@@ahorsewithnoname643 LOL! You must live in a totalitarian country. You certainly can be the target of a shooting anywhere in the world. Illegal guns are available everywhere on the black market and terrorists have zero problem getting them. An assault weapon is any weapon used to assault someone. I hope your government continues to allow you to live little lamb.
@@ahorsewithnoname643 >I, my family, friends and strangers have a miniscule chance of being involved in a shooting incident
Famous last words of a man who was killed in a mass shooting lmao!!!
Where I live, no one can (legally) get an m16 (assault rifle)
However, like the rest of the country, an AR-15 type rifle (civilian, semi-automatic rifle with many similarities, same barrel, etc) is quite common amongst firearms owners. It's not a stretch to imagine a deranged adult bringing one to a school, or a teen stealing one from an older friend or relative to do the same. Even though nothing of the sort has happened in my area, I'm glad Paul has shown the difference in power between even an intermediate cartridge like 5.56 NATO versus a pistol cartridge like 9x19 or .45 ACP. For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure Paul's A1 rifle is *not* a select fire M16 - but the quote sounds better to call it an M16
Stoned guy: "uhhh why you got a duct tape wrapped tile, plexiglass, and body armor in your bag?
Sober guy: "why are you talking to a 2 liter of orange soda?"
Who is this impostor? It's not raining when he's filming. Must be fake.
Proof the earth is flat?
LOL. I guess it doesn't rain everyday in Oregon. Maybe just 350 days a year?
Don't force Harrell to make another response video!
Au contraire mon frère! It was raining dollar store soda from the Sky gods.
I know this comment is just that. A comment but I’m a retired firefighter and I’ve used 511 brand gear bags and the backpacks they sell have a compartment in the pack panel that will fit an armor plate if you should choose to put one in it. Like I said just a comment. Love the videos keep them coming 2A for life.
This clearly is not just a comment. It so overwhelmingly not a comment that the commentiness of the comment offends me and your non comment has been reported for terrorism.
Jerry Long yeh, I was thinking body armor too; but something better than level IIIa.
the irony is hilarious, i love the 2a! so i can defend myself against others using the 2a to shoot me! jesus wake up.
You're a good and carring man,Paul.That a great topic,I'm just glad my children are grown adults.
Just had a thought.... Step one: Cut 3A armor to fit backpack.
Step two: paint a face and hair onto body armor.
Step three: Tell anyone who asks that it is an art project, or their child's spirit totem.
Such a cool dude. Paul’s the Bob Ross of shooting.
Paul always makes my day better.
Thank you for everything. Every bit of knowledge and every minute that you spent putting these videos together. For the time that you invested in us as an audience. I'm pretty sure your getting this a lot but you helped me so much with your channel I could never repay you for your generosity. You are truly admired and loved deeply by all of us. I feel so lucky to have discovered your channel a few years ago and I plan on going back and taking notes so that I can pass what you taught us onto someone else. Your work will be remembered for many years to come. Im praying for you and your family. I know life isn't fair but this feels like a spike through my heart. Your what every man aspires to be, just having been yourself. Sorry for the essay but you are a hero to me. So once again thank you your immensely appreciated.
Another great presentation. Here's a helpful note. It's not just kids that carry backpacks. Many adults work in settings where it would not be uncommon to bring a bookbag to work. They're so much more useful than say, a briefcase. However in addition to all of the items you determined to provide projectile resistance, add to that my ham and cheese sandwich on whole wheat and sometimes a small bag of chips or Oreos. Now let's take a look!
Somebody who cares about the well being of his fellow humans. While most just wants to blame others or argue anything under the sun when it comes to mass shootings, here is someone coming up with something. This is the best gun channel on youtube hands down and possibly the best youtube channel there is. This guy teaches alot more then just stuff about guns, people can learn alot from this channel and Paul Harell. I know this wasnt an easy video to make but im happy he did. If i ever have kids, guess what is gonna be in their backpacks?
Its a sad day when you have to make these videos. But at least your giving sound advice and helpful things if you want to go that way. Thank you Paul Harrell
They are really good at passing laws that make it harder to protect ourselves. Amen to that!
The only way this presentation could have been better would be if Paul had allowed us to actually watch him take ALL those items and materials out of his jacket pocket. Great job as always Paul. Very enlightening.
Thanks for discussing a topic we would rather not have to talk about. But necessary in this world.
Thank you for posting this as many parents now have an answer to a big question they have.
This really makes me think about something I really didn't want to think about. Some of the suggested items are not terribly expensive and are all readily available in most cities. With my wife and myself about to tile a part of the house, tile like that will be available. We can give extras away to those expressing concern. We can get the plexy cut to our needs as I know of several places around me. The body armor, I haven't even thought to investigate that. Even though I walk the kids to school and they get a ride back, if something were to happen IN the school, they'd have a bit of extra protection.
I remember back when We had Gun racks In Our truck's, 1 shotgun 1 rifle On School Grounds...
I remember having gun safety and marksmanship as an elective in high school.. we used bolt action .22 on a range in the basement under the pool lol .. and the rifles were owned by the school... issued at the beging of the class and returned at the end
bansheemania
Yep,I remember those days all to well.
They were great times to be alive.
When my dad was in high school, it had a gun club that shot .22 rifles on school grounds and this was in California.
I remember standing in a crowd outside the school's ROTC range. everyone brought their own .22s and ammunition and waited their turn at our annual turkey shoot. times were better in some ways. the dollar was worth something, gold hadn't gone too crazy, a man could actually support a small family on near minimum wage. then Reagan was elected and began his war on the unions. ( the labor powered engine that built the middle class). everything started going to hell.
and here we are.
fyi, raised evangelical, republican and racist. now agnostic, rational anarchist and shedding the racism. still a ways to go, i'm ashamed to say.
Dana heron Gee, thanks so much for virtue signaling to us all. Now don't forget to take your black pill.
Lol I’ve never heard (in person) anyone call a back pack a book bag in my life, other than once. I love Paul’s Oregon accent.
This was still an excellent video, but I'm glad you responded to the critiques in part 2. Love ya man
Most know rifle rounds are powerful. But this is really a great power/penetration comparison of pistol rounds vs rifle rounds to the uninitiated. Great video Paul👍
Many school book bags today have very few books in them. For a Part 2 to this, I make the request for a laptop/chromebook in the bag for a future demonstration; since that is what has replaced most of the books in many kids’ bags. The books they might carry today are more workbooks rather than the tomes of years past. Thanks for your work.
Paul, I am a Fudd and also a teacher. The one flaw in your testing is that every student alive today will respond "What's a book?". Maybe your next demonstration could show us if a Panasonic, Dell or Apple laptop would work best with the laminated ceramic and 3A armor. Great video as always.
In our presentation: "Will a cellular phone stop bullets?" I shoot a kindle (or ken doll or some damned thing). I'll see if I can find a lap top to destroy in the quest for knowledge.
Maybe it was because I went to a rural school with hardly any funding but we still had books. Books ain't goin anywhere, especially in college. Those college books are a racket. Use it 3 times for some homework and it costs $300, then they won't buy it back because "it's outdated" glad to know their good for stopping 9mil though lmao.
@@PaulHarrell As an IT professional in the greater PDX area, I actually have a small stack of old laptops that are scheduled for disposal. I'd be willing to donate if you're willing to help me certify that I have properly "drilled" the hard drives... (I usually use a .30-06 at 50 yards...)
@@shithappens6887 " they won't buy it back because "it's outdated"
Because the math that the Greeks figured out 2000 years ago changed so much in the last 2 semesters.
www.khanacademy.org/ You are a horse and buggy of education no child need be put in danger at your bully mills ever again.
Thanks for including a reference to the Run, Hide, Fight video. I've used it to teach Church active shooter survival classes and I haven't found anything better. Stay healthy and God Bless!
Paul Harrell I'm sure you're well aware, but in the current situation we're facing your videos are helping, and likely saving lives. Iam very familiar with firearms, sold them legally for years, but I particularly like your pistol rifle combo videos. Those videos take experience to make.
Thumbs up for the shout out to Johnny B. He thinks you're the bees knees too, I think.
Who is Johnny? Seriously
Paul, due to the current civil unrest, it would be great for a video about home defense with multiple invaders. Specifically comparing and contrasting handgun v rifle v shotgun in an indoor multiple intruder scenario. Speed of draw, shoot, reload and accuracy. I am sure many people are thinking of this exact scenario during these times. Thanks.
Much respect and gratitude, sir. My heart (and yours, too I’m sure) breaks that this information is needed.
It's sad to see this as the topic of discussion, but the information is as relevant as always, thank you. Unfortunately, I live in a country where using firearms for self-protection is completely illegal, but that doesn't stop us from having school shootings, so having a bag like this may be the next best thing.
Thanks again Paul.
Great info as always !!!
paul... I really enjoy your vids! mostly because how thorough you are with analysis. I would love for you to make a video that analyzes how far away a 380 pistol/bullet will be deadly. preferably with a 2.5 inch barrel. I've always wondered this!!
Good presentation albeit a sad reality in the world today. Thanks Paul!
Thanks for the video!
If you ever do a follow-up, another idea would be to try to use kevlar sheet rather than pre-made body armor. First, ordering kevlar sheet from Amazon gets one around any legal issues related to "bullet resistant vests." Kevlar is used many places for many things, and I think most people can order the stuff from Amazon. One product I found in a quick search said that it required special handling and couldn't be sent to my address. I suspect that's because I don't have home mail delivery and can only use a PO box. Most people can probably order kevlar sheet from Amazon and make their own lining for a book pack. I suspect that making one's own lining would be cheaper than buying something specifically made as body armor. Considering that a book pack has to be reinforced with books, plexiglass, and a tile in order to stop a rifle bullet, maybe a homemade pad using kevlar sheet would be just as effective.
If I had a kid and were trying to create something like this, I'd consider gluing the tile between two pieces of plexiglass. I know that people have made some silly videos about the bullet resistance of Flex Seal, and I suspect that Flex Seal isn't all that resistant. However, using Flex Seal to glue plexiglass to each side of a ceramic tile might increase the effectiveness of the tile and give the benefit of the plexiglass to stop fragments. I'd then put a piece of foam over the plexiglass meant to go closest to the body. I don't think the foam would do much besides make the whole contraption more comfortable. I'd then put kevlar on both sides and maybe put nylon over the kevlar to stop abrasion. Based on the tests in this presentation, that wouldn't stop a bullet, but maybe a couple of books in front of all that would make something effective. Again, the point would be to offer an idea for anyone who couldn't get or couldn't afford official body armor.
Glad the books worked (on 9 mm.). I was beginning to wonder if you'd need the soda jugs and fleece *INSIDE* the backpack 🎒.
The legend
Finally a good use for your “outdated” textbooks.
The Costco checkout girl smiled knowingly when the fleece was placed on the checkout conveyor. The smile quickly shifted to something confused when instead of various meats, the books were placed, and horrified when the backpacks were placed on the conveyor.
For anyone who wants to know they make bullet resistant book bags, with level 3a panels made in. Just do a quick Google search
And we saw what good that would do. :(
He literally put a 3a panel in the backpack and it failed lol
@@samuelw4492 yes when shot with a rifle, 3a stops pistol rounds up to 44 mag, you should probably look up nij ratings to help you understand
@GYPSY KING FURY nope, bushmaster 15
@Weißer Wolf 3a will fail with most of those pistol rounds coming from a carbine. Especially 10mm.
Sad but interesting and informative video. I have three kids, only one of which is still in school, but I would worry on occasion about them being in these kinds of situations. As has been said, many kids today don’t have the heavy tomes that I remember carrying in school, more an iPad or Chromebook, but still good to know what it would take to keep your kid safer when the bullets start flying.
Excellent Content
Paul, I think I speak for most subscribers when I say I want a t-shirt that says: "It's all fun and games until someone pulls out an M16."
Just a thought, but what about wrapping the tile in fleece? The tile being much harder than a bullet should fragment the bullet and we’ve seen time and again that fleece does a good job of capturing reduced energy fragments and expanded bullets. That and having it wrapped in fleece will make it less obvious while only adding a little bulk.
Thanks Paul
The best channel for all things guns!
Hello, any update on that website using part of your video to sell a bed holster?
Excellent video! One thing i want to say; in the book 100 Deadly Skills. Improvised body armor with books had the ceramic plate first. I wonder if that would have made a difference.
"In some states, citizens are not allowed to wear body armour"
The government is onto something :0
Ensuring your F-ed? yes they are.
I think the intent was to prevent perps from wearing armor during robbery . Like the bank robbers that went on a shooting spree with cops and caused a lot of casualties while wearing armor . Surprisingly no cops were accurate enough for head shots to end it quickly .
@@VagoniusThicket I don't know that I'd say 'surprisingly'. Cops have notorious terrible training standards.
@@VagoniusThicket That's just fucking atrocious. They can criminalize the wearing of body armor in a felony.....but why the hell would you want to prevent the average Joe and Jane from wearing something that might save their lives?
@@VagoniusThicket Hahaha, I think you are right. I knew there must've been some schizophrenic reasoning behind this, but my mind isn't twisted enough to figure it out (there goes my career in government). I see it now: make armor illegal so that law-obeying criminals don't wear any while shooting at cops.
Well done Mr. Harrell & Team ..... as usual. RLTW!!
Love the video, but i feel the need to point out that you're more likely to die in transit to/from your school than in a school shooting.
Speaking from personal experience, i was nearly run down at least twice and i knew a girl who spent 5 months in the hospital when a sedan sailed through a red light and hit her on a corner. I knew absolutely no-one, who knew anyone, who knew anyone that died in a school shooting.
Graduated from highschool last year, so i think the anecdote is still relevant.
Another interesting video, even if PH didn't want to make it. I'll love it the day he says: "Here is a video I've really been looking forward to making."
The public advice videos in the link were good, but I noticed that one alluded to red flag laws and the importance of telling the police if someone you know is behaving strangely and has an unusual interest in guns. Well that's many people here covered!
Sage advice!
I like this and obviously as always Paul does a great job of analyzing the situation. I do think this might be slightly off though, with modern school children, frequently not carrying books anymore, but actually carrying a laptop/tablet computer, with their books on that. I wonder about the bullet proofedness (I made that up). I would think with some ceramic and plexiglass it would be nearly the same. But who knows.
Either way Paul Great job.
Thank you so much Paul. After a long day, it makes me smile to see a quality video from a great guy.
As always, great job being informative and professional, great food for thought on the subject...one we hope to never test or experience in real life.
If I were to go to war, I would want to fight alongside Paul
Bless you
Can you do a presentation about physical fitness training?
I wonder if this is the optimal order of the layers. I'm just going to assume Paul tested the other combinations and this was the best.
Great video as always, Thank You.
Here’s a thought for a part of a video. I believe you have compared different 5.56 rounds, but how about comparing the rounds through barrels of different twist rates?
Sadly, this is very relevant and interesting information. Thank you!
Right. This video might be useful to a small percentage of a small percentage of the population.
When I was in school I carried 4-5 books and homework in binders for each class.
Yes you're right, it is sad that you have to cover this. That said 😁 you of course did a great job. Be Blessed and Be Safe..
Would it be lighter to just get an ar500 steel plate in the backpack?
Bought my daughter an AR500 level III lightweight ballistic plate for her backpack. It was simply too heavy for her by the time she carred her books etc. We settled for the AR500 level IIIA backpack. Of course no protection from rifle rounds, but better than nothing, and only 1 + pound extra .
Hall monitors with m16s seemed to work for south park Colorado
Interesting video per usual. 🇺🇸
Sad that this issue even arises. Happily though we have true patriots like mr Harrell to do conclusive test in the event of this being needed. I am going to put level 3+ (sorry forgot the +)soft armor in my kids backpacks before next year. Thanks for the videos and all the work you put into your videos and as always thank you for your service to your county. 💪🇺🇸
Paul, always an informative pleasure. Thank you sir. But why oh why are you shooting CS Lewis?
Very informative.
I phrase it another way: It's a subject I don't _like_ to think about, but I do _want_ to talk about it if it is going to help in anyway.
First timr watching this video of Paul's, but damn. Watching this makes me realize how hella bullet resistant my back is when I was in high school. I was literally always carrying more than 6 books with additional notebooks equivalent to all the books im carrying (1 notebook for each subject). Never thought about it. I was just so lazy to leave out books at home and change according to the my subject schedule and just bring all of them. 🤣
I know their are an infinite combination of items that could be put together but if you ever do another video along these lines I’d like to see how a tile, plexiglass, tile sandwich all duct taped together would hold up to rifle rounds and even a tile, plexiglass, tile, plexiglass, tile combo. I’m just guessing but I would think at least the latter would hold up for a couple of rounds.
Woo, within a minute of uploading. Scary content but necessary these days.
Edit, question. Would putting a lining of 3A material in a backpack be considered 'wearing' body armor in those jurisdictions where it's prohibited? And good god, where IS it prohibited? I want to avoid such a place.
It’s legal in all jurisdictions.
Can’t be a felon in possession of body armor.
Can’t use body armor in the commission of a crime.
In Connecticut sales must be completed face to face. Body armor cannot be shipped to Connecticut or mailed within the state.
Ask a lawyer about said legality, as for where it's prohibited, I'm pretty sure California and New Jersy and Maryland have all put state-wide bans. New York City may have as well, but I don't know.
I don't know anywhere it is expressly forbidden to possess body armor as a law-abiding citizen w/ a clean criminal record, but in Connecticut for example you cannot sell body armor without meeting face-to-face with the buyer.
Edalwulf Bergmann, not true.
It is legal everywhere unless you’re a convicted felon. Some states extend it to violent misdemeanors as well.
Once again the ants at that location have a sugar buzz! Good video!
Good video, I've also received yearly run, hide, fight training. As my legs don't work so good anymore. I'm kind of limited to hide and fight. to help in the case where I may be forced to fight (carrying a firearm is not an option) I've been considering purchasing an AR500 plate to put in the laptop compartment of my backpack, Which could be switched to a front torso pack in a pinch.
Great video; thanks! It's a shame such a video is needed, but it is what it is. Books perform well against handgun ammo it seems. This video also makes it plain rifles and handguns are two different animals.
I'd loved to see if the tile before the books had some effekt. In my mind the tile would shatter the bullet and make penetration capability of the bullet poorer, with more stuff to go
through after the bullet shattered
First
Yep i think so.
@@lowerriverwalker5059 for once.
Polycarbonate (PC) is generally a better choice for impact strength than plexiglass/acrylic (PMMA).
The Run, Hide, Fight video was something that was shown to us at our work a few years ago. I carry a concealed pistol when not at work and I was in management at the time. They wanted our feedback before showing to video to all of the other employees. After watching the video, our store manager went around the table to get our feedback. I purposely sat in the very back of the room, knowing I was going to have some politically incorrect statement to make. When the store manager asked me for a comment (I think I was still rubbing my temples in pain) I looked straight up and said, "Can I make a video on the same topic?? I will call it, 'Take cover, Take aim, Return fire'".
Sadly, my idea was not taken seriously.
This subject has come up though, as the work I do involves the public, and anyone can come and go in our facility. Even if company policy allowed for conceal carry of a firearm at work, the last thing I would ever do is try to hunt down some maniac shooting up our building. I'm gonna get out of Dodge. The ONLY time I would ever respond with deadly force is if I was to get cornered and that was my very last option. I don't get paid to save the day, my motivation is to save my ass and my loved ones, and hopefully if that day ever comes, I am able to make the right decisions to accomplish that goal.
It breaks my heart that we're even talking about this.
Amen.
It would be nice if Paul included a reminder that school shootings get disproportional media coverage, are actually statistically rare, and the drive to/from school and school sports are more realistic "threats", unless your child is in a gang or sells drugs.
@@timewave02012 Thermonuclear attacks are also actually statistically rare. They also get a lot of media coverage. But disproportional coverage? No, not really. The thing about school mass shootings is, that they should not take place at all. Not in a civilized country, not in an uncivilized country. Not even in a fucking war zone. And yet they happen. It's children being massacred thousands of miles from the nearest battlefield. I take "disproportional coverage" over "swept under the rug" any day of the week. The fact that kids accidentally get caught in the line of fire on their way to school should also have media coverage. And why put quotes around threats? It's either a threat or not a threat.
@@thomasraahauge5231 school mass shootings actually happen for very rational reasons. Mabey they "shouldn't" happen, but they do and we do nothing to figure out why. Spending a little time talking about how to survive the final incident is probably preferable to many people as opposed to spending time talking about how to avoid the incidents alltogether.
@@thomasraahauge5231 The problem with media coverage is that it reinforces the idea-to people with certain mental conditions-that a school shooting is a thing they can do to get national or maybe worldwide attention. As for "should not take place at all", I agree with the sentiment, but what do we do about it? Schools shouldn't be a place where diseases spread, but unfortunately spreading disease is an inherent risk of gathering many people in one place. When COVID-19 hit, we decided the risk was too great and stopped sending children to school. We didn't allow them with PPE, or temperature checks at the door-we shut the schools down. That's a guaranteed way to stop school shootings too, but we don't do it, because everyone who can separate numbers from feelings knows it isn't worth the harm to children's educations.
Kevlar. I have kevlar that we use as boat straps. You cant drill it, have to use heat to punch holes. I bet that layed between books would be light and not take up as much space. You can even make the books cover out of Kevlar so every book in the backpack has a mild layer of Kevlar on it and then book pages to go through.
But if you were this concerned just put your kid in a good school
6:37 TH-cam's captions tell me that the sound of gunshots and Shasta spraying everywhere is applause.
Wonderful demonstration. A small issue is that bookbags rarely carry books these days. When they do, the books are less and less often that type traditional big ass text book. How many iPads does it take to keep a meat suit intact?
I may be duct taping up a few of the tiles gathering dust in my garage.
This is good information but at my son's school they are not allowed to carry backpacks, they have to put them in their lockers and leave them there.....makes them a bit useless for this. I wish he could actually wear his backpack but the school is worried about weapons being brought to school in those backpacks. Not good. Great information Paul, as always. Thank you for your time.
German army rucksacks (and this design has been copied a lot) have an internal sleeve for a flat packed sleeping matt, right against the back, you could slot the bullet resistant material in their.
I've been mildly curious about this since kevlar inserts have been marketed to people for backpacks.
Unrelated thing, but the buttons on that jacket look like the kind I haven't seen on anything made after the mid seventies. They're not really unusual, but I never see that kind.
Thank you for the information. It so horrible that this is even a topic. I am glad you covered it though.
Love your vids and the comment section. Paul, your dry ass humor makes even the most somber of topics entertaining.
Very interesting and fun looking, but it would have been cool if you had a chance of weighing that pack with the protection in it. I'm not sure how much armor weighs but can a kid carry it with all their other stuff?
Interesting to see the pistol bullets hit. The bag and soda moved very little. Not much "knock down" power - even in the 45.
Thats what they mean when they say knowledge is power.