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Bodyguard Blankets - Twitchin Kitten - 08-11-2015
Wow, what an awful thing to do to children. The Bodyguard Blanket is designed to protect children from school shootings.
Seriously? I can pick off every kid in that picture here.
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Their FB Page touts these as storm protectors as well.
I just see them as a parasitic company preying on the fears of parents. FFS, you want kids to come to school, grab one of these ridiculous things and carry it around all day? And what about the mind fuck you just gave the kids? All you're doing is teaching kids to be afraid to go to school.
And I thought those shelter drills were bad enough when I was a kid! You know we were told to get under the desks so it makes it easier to find the bodies in the aftermath. That shit wouldn't protect you from a goddamn nuke.
RE: Bodyguard Blankets - Vizth Hal - 08-11-2015
Yes because school shooters cannot aim under objects. Or pull the blanket and the kid away from the nice cozy wall. Also I don't see that material stopping much other than a .38. A nice juicy .45, or a rifle would make short work of it, and the red makes it such a nice vivid target too.
add a side skirt and I could see it being a passable thing for protecting kids from storms.
RE: Bodyguard Blankets - Twitchin Kitten - 08-11-2015
The kid has to be strong enough to hold onto it during a storm. Stupid thing will lift a small kid and fling him around like a kite.
RE: Bodyguard Blankets - LKTraz - 08-11-2015
Victim training at its finest here!
As far as storms they would be better off trying to stuff themselves in a locker if they could fit.
We did the "air raid/bomb drills" when I was a kid too but with us it was go out in the hall and assume the same position these kids are in. The big joke for us was (from around around 3rd grade on up) that the best bet was to stay in the classroom and do the following:
1. Go to the wall away from the windows.
2. Face the wall.
3. Bend down and place your head between your legs so that you get an upside down view of the window.
4. Look for a blinding flash.
Once you see the telltale bright flash of a nuclear detonation you have roughly 1.5 seconds to KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE!
RE: Bodyguard Blankets - twisteroo - 08-11-2015
We should market a kevlar TK hoodie for all the young victims out there.
RE: Bodyguard Blankets - AnthonyG - 08-12-2015
The thought process behind these is semi sound because this is how a few school shootings happened already. If shooter pulls the fire alarm and everyone's running out and he was going to be shooting them as they ran down the hall this would be decent protection if the position of the "blanket" is to be adjusted to protect the head.
Also keep in mind when someone is committing a crime like shooting up a school their accuracy is shit at best because they are crazy and im sure they aren't completely in the zone focusing on targets but also the adrenaline pumping will throw off their accuracy. Other key factor is shotguns and rifles are used most of the time in these shootings and the criminals are usually aiming from hip or from extending their arm that being the most inaccurate way to shoot.
My issue is with this product itself the NIJ Rating is IIIA which is the top soft armor rating but if a kid has to carry a fucking blanket on his back they should have beefed it up more any rifle attack in decent range will shoot through the kids back kinda fucked up. Idea decent product shit, especially for the 300-500 dollar price per blanket
RE: Bodyguard Blankets - Twitchin Kitten - 08-12-2015
It's a shit product for a shit application. Period. You don't teach kids to be afraid. That is exactly what that product does. IMO the company is a parasite preying on those who fear the worst every day.
If I had kids and the school made them carry this bullshit around, you can bet that my kids would instantly be home schooled.
RE: Bodyguard Blankets - Twitchin Kitten - 08-12-2015
(08-12-2015, 12:12 AM)AnthonyG Wrote: The thought process behind these is semi sound because this is how a few school shootings happened already.< snip >
And how the hell does that make any sense?
RE: Bodyguard Blankets - LKTraz - 08-12-2015
If I still had younger children I would take them out and set them up with paintball gear then take them to several facilities repeatedly to get them used to the idea of tactics and defensive/offensive maneuvers in a live fire (well a good simulation) situation.
This would serve them much more than teaching them to cower and put false confidence in a marginal at best product and tactic.
RE: Bodyguard Blankets - Twitchin Kitten - 08-12-2015
I wouldn't do that if I had kids. I want them to be kids, not always thinking something horrible is going to happen.