HOUSTON -- As the number of school massacres across the nation has grown, some companies have taken steps to reinvent every day items that students could use to protect themselves. Enter: the ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A bulletproof backpack? It is something many parents would have never imagined when they were in school. With the help of certified instructors, Eyewitness News put one to the test.

Bulletproof backpacks on display at Office Depot on East Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Office Depot is one of several national retailers selling the items. Recent mass ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Dropping off and picking up her two boys from school is part of Kisa Shapiro’s daily routine. However, she admits after hearing about school shootings in Parkland, Florida, and Santa Fe ...

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. — Bulletproof backpack inserts claim to offer an extra level of protection for your children as threat of school shootings continues to be unpredictable in the U.S. But do they work?

Eli Saslow reported on the aftermath of the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon in 2015. In August, he and Erin Schaff spent several days with one of its survivors in Helena, Mont. HELENA, ...

Well here's some more depressing news: Mother Jones's Tim Murphy has the full story of why adults are stocking up on backpacks lined with "carbon nanotube armor" in the wake of the Newtown massacre.

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — Some stores in our area are now offering bulletproof backpacks as families prepare to head back to school. Channel 9′s Dave Faherty learned some of them have been sold in Burke ...

Parents of public school students in New Orleans may soon be able to send their children to school wearing so-called bulletproof backpacks. On Tuesday, an Orleans Parish School Board committee gave ...

Bolstered by the ongoing debate over school safety, a proposal to allow public school students in Louisiana to carry bulletproof backpacks has passed another hurdle at the State Capitol. The Senate ...