Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Anchorage Alaska shooting incident hits school window from 1.5 miles away
Anchorage, Alaska - Bullet fired from 1.5 miles away enters school through window. Interesting version of a school shooting incident from Anchorage Alaska. School safety and classroom safety issues take many forms.
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Our product line of unique safety products are made to be on hand in case of emergencies, by incorporating an anti-ballistic material, independently tested to NIJ Threat Level 3A standards, like the bulletproof vests worn by almost all law enforcement officers, into products we all already use, like your favorite backpack, purse, or courier bag. We also offer a full line of high quality backpacks, attaches, notebook liners and handy folios with our BulletBlocker panels built right in! Not to be found in stores anywhere!
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Our product line of unique safety products are made to be on hand in case of emergencies, by incorporating an anti-ballistic material, independently tested to NIJ Threat Level 3A standards, like the bulletproof vests worn by almost all law enforcement officers, into products we all already use, like your favorite backpack, purse, or courier bag. We also offer a full line of high quality backpacks, attaches, notebook liners and handy folios with our BulletBlocker panels built right in! Not to be found in stores anywhere!
Act Now! Visit our site at BulletBlocker.com and take a look at the unbeatable savings from 5% - 20%!
These are just a few of our new and most popular products!
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
After Holiday Sale on Bulletproof Vests and Bulletproof Backpacks
Someone is shot every 18 minutes in the U.S.
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We Just added a BulletBlocker Teacher Safety Seat and a Stocked Classroom BulletBlocker First Aid/Survival Bag to our inventory and we just had to make sure that we got them in on this HUGE 5%- 20% holiday discount sale!
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NEW PRODUCTS! Practical and Bulletproof Teacher Safety Seat offers protection from 99% of all handgun rounds(NIJ Threat Level 3A is up to and including 9mm Full Metal Jacket and 44 Magnum). The Classroom First Aid/Survival Kit is a must-have emergency response kit for injuries and sheltering in place: Packed in our Executive Threat Level 3a Bulletproof Backpack! Both at 20% off!
Many other bulletproof gifts starting as low as $35.00!
Our product line of unique safety products are made to be on hand in case of emergencies, by incorporating an anti-ballistic material, independently tested to NIJ Threat Level 3A standards, like the bulletproof vests worn by almost all law enforcement officers (that's 99% of all handgun bullets), into products we all already use, like your favorite backpack, purse, or courier bag. We also offer a full line of high quality backpacks, attaches, notebook liners and handy folios with our BulletBlocker panels built right in! Not to be found in stores anywhere!
Act Now! Visit our site at BulletBlocker.com and take a look at the unbeatable savings from 5% - 20%! Plus Free Shipping!
Our product line of unique safety products are made to be on hand in case of emergencies, by incorporating an anti-ballistic material, independently tested to NIJ Threat Level 3A standards, like the bulletproof vests worn by almost all law enforcement officers (that's 99% of all handgun bullets), into products we all already use, like your favorite backpack, purse, or courier bag. We also offer a full line of high quality backpacks, attaches, notebook liners and handy folios with our BulletBlocker panels built right in! Not to be found in stores anywhere!
Act Now! Visit our site at BulletBlocker.com and take a look at the unbeatable savings from 5% - 20%! Plus Free Shipping!
These are just a few of our new and most popular products!
Check out our site, it's ok to look!
All our BulletBlocker products offer protection from bullets up to and including 44 Magnum!
(NIJ Threat Level 3A Standards)
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Bulletproof Vests for school safety when kids fight back
At BulletBlocker we sell bulletproof vests. We were founded in with the intention of providing child safety and school safety products with the ability to overlap into workplace safety. We grew into an age where “going postal” was a generational catch phrase and then saw the shootings at Columbine become a catalyst for disenfranchised middle class kids to find fame/infamy through video game-like acts of violence. As we looked deeper and deeper into the problem of school violence and workplace violence, we realized that the problem is bigger and has more depth than we ever imagined. At the same time we realized the breadth and depth of the issues of violence and bullying in general, we noticed that the trend with the most impact on the school safety and workplace safety environment overall, involved gun violence. It was pretty simple to see: People that got shot are either severely wounded or die in an instant. Because of the profound effect of this type of violence and it’s inability to be a subtle form of violence, and the media exploitation of these events, a sense of fear has spread across the country in schools and workplaces everywhere. Just reading blogs and forums in the teaching community makes it clear that teachers are aware of the risks of classroom discipline and enforcing academic requirements, as well as monitoring bullying and other more subtle classroom and school violence issues. Workplace supervisors are concerned about “unstable” workers and peers as well, and often don’t know how to handle workplace disciplinary situations. We are now in the age where security officers escort an employee to their desk to clean it out and escort the employee out of the building/off the property upon a firing. Based upon the known risk and the severe nature of the consequences of under-estimating an individual’s potential for violence, even though these incidents are not happening in a large scale every day, these fears seem to be legitimate.
We do not think that child safety involves children going to school wearing bulletproof vests or that workplace safety requires us to wear bulletproof vests. However, we do believe that real people, not just police, deserve to have the option of outfitting themselves or their loved ones, friends, family with a defensive barrier that is effective against a deadly assault. As past law enforcement officers ourselves, we were already aware of the fact that bulky and uncomfortable protective gear, like the old body armor styles, provide no safety when they are left in the locker at work. The same theory is true of all protective equipment: If it is not practical or comfortable, it will be used less and therefore will not be available when needed. With this in mind, we knew that any type of defensive protection we could design would need to be practical and easy to integrate into normal daily activities. We also felt that it would have to be discreet, so that only the user was aware that they had a protective shield against gunfire. Otherwise an assailant could go to extremes to defeat the passive protection provided. Like any security risk: A targeted, directed assault will most likely defeat passive defensive strategies. At this point we realized that backpacks and bookbags, courier bags, and briefcases were already a well established accessory for every age group in our society. It seems that we start carrying packs to school in our earliest days and carry a briefcase of some sort or a bag to work into our last working days. It became clear that this was the most practical place to hold a defensive bulletproof “shield”. We started with a line of 2 bulletproof backpacks (backpacks we manufactured with a NIJ Tested Threat Level 3a bullet resistant panel integrated into the back panel of the pack) and had instant notoriety in the mainstream media from Boston newspapers to MSNBC, CNN and Reuters to nationally syndicated talk radio. Since then we realized, mostly through consumer feedback, that we needed to expand the product line. A stand alone bullet resistant or bulletproof panel was needed so that anyone could use their favorite pack, case or bag and simply make it into a defensive barrier by integrating the panel on it. We also expanded into travel-on luggage for airline travelers and simple duffel bags. We also saw that we had the ability to make a simple and affordable bulletproof vest by using the panels we were already making, to create a front and back barrier that could be worn in an emergency situation. The intent of this product was to provide more complete coverage for consumers that felt that their job or position in life created a higher risk and would therefore be able to keep the vest product within reach if needed. An interesting approach came out of this idea: A user that sensed a higher risk potential could keep the vest in their pack/case/bag, just like the stand alone BulletBlocker Panel (but twice as thick at 1/2 inch thick total) and would have a bulletproof backpack that he/she could then reach into and take the panels out of and wear as a vest in a critical moment, or as an additional benefit, a BulletBlocker Backpack with the integrated panel or a pack/case/bag with the stand-alone BulletBlocker Panel, could house the vest discreetly, and at the time of need the vest could be worn and the pack/case or bag with the BulletBlocker Panel could be used as an additional shield to cover the head and shoulder area or simply be used to be positioned between the user and the assailant as a shield. In fact, the BulletBlocker Bulletproof Vest has been such a popular item and consumer demand has been so great, that we expanded our line a step further with vests by offering a full concealment vest like those worn by police, with wrap around side coverage and a contoured design to provide more complete torso coverage, again, like the police body armor. The vests we offer are not really intended to be the passive defensive barriers like we designed for the backpacks, briefcases and bags carried by kids at school. We did not intend to imply that kids should wear bulletproof vests to school, these were simply an extension of our rapidly expanding consumer base. We realized that a lot more people feel that they are at risk than we ever expected. As we hear their stories, we also realize that their feels are often well founded. As our education around this issue has expanded, we have learned more and more about the issue of violence in our society. Statistic like “Someone is shot every 18 min. in the U.S. by a handgun” have been cited by reputable sources like NBC news and other news sources. Our constant monitoring of the school violence issue has made it clear to us that, even though the high profile incidents only seem to happen every 6 months to 12 months or so, every week there are more incidents reported around the country than we can keep up on with our news page or blog. If I had to guess, I would venture that 2 - 3 schools are locked down somewhere in this country every school day.
Our most recent additions to our product line have been focused on school safety and classroom safety, as well as survival and preparedness planning. We include survival and preparedness in our product planning because of a huge spike in sales around the time of last October’s stock market drops and the near collapse of the financial system. We saw that civil unrest became a real concern for ordinary people and that lots of people were buying our products for “just in case” scenarios. Please check out our newest product at BulletBlocker.com.
We have done our best to keep our prices low to make our product affordable by real people. Those same people/kids that all have iPods that are more expensive than our BulletBlocker Bulletproof Backpacks or BulletBlocker Bulletproof panels and bulletproof inserts. We know iPods are fun and are extremely popular, but every one of those kids also has a backpack that they stick their iPod in while at class. Parents should also realize that the iPod will not stop a bullet. Our protective BulletBlocker Bulletproof Products not only offer the added safety, but they also provide peace of mind. The kids in school watch more school shootings on Youtube than their parents. This is not only because parents don’t want to know the reality of today’s school safety concerns (don’t we all want school to be like it was when we were kids?) but because most school systems are already practicing school lock down drills or are adopting “kids fight back” / “teachers fight back” strategies, which are telling our kids that school shootings are a risk they are living with already. The kids “get it”. We hear feed back every day and the kids really get it, it’s the parents that seem to be the most resistant to accepting that schools aren’t facing the same concerns as they did when “we were in school”. Kids want to wear bulletproof vests but are happy to have an alternative like a bulletproof backpack.
We do not think that child safety involves children going to school wearing bulletproof vests or that workplace safety requires us to wear bulletproof vests. However, we do believe that real people, not just police, deserve to have the option of outfitting themselves or their loved ones, friends, family with a defensive barrier that is effective against a deadly assault. As past law enforcement officers ourselves, we were already aware of the fact that bulky and uncomfortable protective gear, like the old body armor styles, provide no safety when they are left in the locker at work. The same theory is true of all protective equipment: If it is not practical or comfortable, it will be used less and therefore will not be available when needed. With this in mind, we knew that any type of defensive protection we could design would need to be practical and easy to integrate into normal daily activities. We also felt that it would have to be discreet, so that only the user was aware that they had a protective shield against gunfire. Otherwise an assailant could go to extremes to defeat the passive protection provided. Like any security risk: A targeted, directed assault will most likely defeat passive defensive strategies. At this point we realized that backpacks and bookbags, courier bags, and briefcases were already a well established accessory for every age group in our society. It seems that we start carrying packs to school in our earliest days and carry a briefcase of some sort or a bag to work into our last working days. It became clear that this was the most practical place to hold a defensive bulletproof “shield”. We started with a line of 2 bulletproof backpacks (backpacks we manufactured with a NIJ Tested Threat Level 3a bullet resistant panel integrated into the back panel of the pack) and had instant notoriety in the mainstream media from Boston newspapers to MSNBC, CNN and Reuters to nationally syndicated talk radio. Since then we realized, mostly through consumer feedback, that we needed to expand the product line. A stand alone bullet resistant or bulletproof panel was needed so that anyone could use their favorite pack, case or bag and simply make it into a defensive barrier by integrating the panel on it. We also expanded into travel-on luggage for airline travelers and simple duffel bags. We also saw that we had the ability to make a simple and affordable bulletproof vest by using the panels we were already making, to create a front and back barrier that could be worn in an emergency situation. The intent of this product was to provide more complete coverage for consumers that felt that their job or position in life created a higher risk and would therefore be able to keep the vest product within reach if needed. An interesting approach came out of this idea: A user that sensed a higher risk potential could keep the vest in their pack/case/bag, just like the stand alone BulletBlocker Panel (but twice as thick at 1/2 inch thick total) and would have a bulletproof backpack that he/she could then reach into and take the panels out of and wear as a vest in a critical moment, or as an additional benefit, a BulletBlocker Backpack with the integrated panel or a pack/case/bag with the stand-alone BulletBlocker Panel, could house the vest discreetly, and at the time of need the vest could be worn and the pack/case or bag with the BulletBlocker Panel could be used as an additional shield to cover the head and shoulder area or simply be used to be positioned between the user and the assailant as a shield. In fact, the BulletBlocker Bulletproof Vest has been such a popular item and consumer demand has been so great, that we expanded our line a step further with vests by offering a full concealment vest like those worn by police, with wrap around side coverage and a contoured design to provide more complete torso coverage, again, like the police body armor. The vests we offer are not really intended to be the passive defensive barriers like we designed for the backpacks, briefcases and bags carried by kids at school. We did not intend to imply that kids should wear bulletproof vests to school, these were simply an extension of our rapidly expanding consumer base. We realized that a lot more people feel that they are at risk than we ever expected. As we hear their stories, we also realize that their feels are often well founded. As our education around this issue has expanded, we have learned more and more about the issue of violence in our society. Statistic like “Someone is shot every 18 min. in the U.S. by a handgun” have been cited by reputable sources like NBC news and other news sources. Our constant monitoring of the school violence issue has made it clear to us that, even though the high profile incidents only seem to happen every 6 months to 12 months or so, every week there are more incidents reported around the country than we can keep up on with our news page or blog. If I had to guess, I would venture that 2 - 3 schools are locked down somewhere in this country every school day.
Our most recent additions to our product line have been focused on school safety and classroom safety, as well as survival and preparedness planning. We include survival and preparedness in our product planning because of a huge spike in sales around the time of last October’s stock market drops and the near collapse of the financial system. We saw that civil unrest became a real concern for ordinary people and that lots of people were buying our products for “just in case” scenarios. Please check out our newest product at BulletBlocker.com.
We have done our best to keep our prices low to make our product affordable by real people. Those same people/kids that all have iPods that are more expensive than our BulletBlocker Bulletproof Backpacks or BulletBlocker Bulletproof panels and bulletproof inserts. We know iPods are fun and are extremely popular, but every one of those kids also has a backpack that they stick their iPod in while at class. Parents should also realize that the iPod will not stop a bullet. Our protective BulletBlocker Bulletproof Products not only offer the added safety, but they also provide peace of mind. The kids in school watch more school shootings on Youtube than their parents. This is not only because parents don’t want to know the reality of today’s school safety concerns (don’t we all want school to be like it was when we were kids?) but because most school systems are already practicing school lock down drills or are adopting “kids fight back” / “teachers fight back” strategies, which are telling our kids that school shootings are a risk they are living with already. The kids “get it”. We hear feed back every day and the kids really get it, it’s the parents that seem to be the most resistant to accepting that schools aren’t facing the same concerns as they did when “we were in school”. Kids want to wear bulletproof vests but are happy to have an alternative like a bulletproof backpack.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Boston News WBZ reports on Georgetown MA plan for kids to fight back : We can help
BulletBlocker products, made in Danvers MA, are designed to help with this type of planning and change the outcomes of these type of plans by providing affordable and practical bulletproof products to school safety plans and families.
The BulletBlocker staff noticed the11pm WBZ News in Boston - CBS affiliate reported that children in Georgetown are going to be taught to fight back against armed school shooting intruders. Under the story title "Schools wants to teach kids to fight back under attack - School Threat". The Georgetown MA Police Chief, Jim Mulligan, speaking on behalf of the school safety / school resource officer, stated that there is planning underway to teach the children and teachers at the Georgetown Elementary School level and up, including the Perley Elementary School, Penn Brook School and the Georgetown Middle School and Georgetown High School, to fight back against an armed intruder, much like programs being taught in Key West Florida for school defense and other locations around the country. This is also a method endorsed by SafePlans, a company that works with school systems to develop classroom safety plans and emergency response plans in the event of emergencies in schools around the country. Georgetown School Superintendent Carol Jacobs stated that the children were not going to be taught to throw their backpacks at intruders but that a fight back training method would be under review.
From BulletBlocker's review of similar plans, the method, in fact does seem to include throwing books and backpacks and the use of desks and other classroom objects as cover and/or weapons to assail an intruder so that the number of school shooting victims is minimized by stopping the attack earlier than in the Columbine attack. In fact, this is also a trend that is being accepted in the law enforcement community in general. As opposed to staging and holding the schools under siege, so to speak, law enforcement planning is shifting towards quicker confrontation of the perpetrators.
What we propose at BulletBlocker is that many of the deadly outcomes could be changed if our products were incorporated into family safety plans as well as classroom and school safety planning. If, as reported in this WBZ Boston news story, the plan is going to involve kids/students and teachers alike participating in trying to stop the attackers, why not use BulletBlocker safety products like our Bulletproof Teacher Safety Seat Cushion, or have an emergency Bulletproof Vest available for teachers and principals, like our BulletBlocker Executive vest, which stores flat and compact, but would be available to the staff and students at the moment of need. Classroom safety sould also be enhanced by our classroom safety and survival kit. Our kit comes packed in our BulletBlocker Bulletproof Backpack and includes a trauma based first aid kit as well as lock-down and shelter in place survival items such as high calorie food bars, packaged water and sanitary supplies, for those long term lock down situations. At the family level, for less than the cost of an iPod, school kids Kindergarten through college have BulletBlocker Bulletproof Backpack options. We have packs with integrated bulletproof panels, as well as small and large bulletproof panels that can be put in a pack or bag the student already uses and they effectively add a bulletproof shield to the bag or pack.
As one of the Georgetown children interviewed said, 'We are told to cover the windows with paper, but they can just smash the window and still get us.' At BulletBlocker the 3 retired deputy sheriffs that are the company founders created the backpacks and defense items to give children and teachers an added advantage in a school assault. We hopefully suggest that parents and authorities review our unique product line to see for themselves how these products could truly change the outcomes for many of these school safety and defense scenarios. Al BulletBlocker products are tested to the NIJ Threat level 3a standard, which stops up to 99% of all handgun bullets, up to and including the powerful 44 Magnum bullet.
The BulletBlocker staff noticed the11pm WBZ News in Boston - CBS affiliate reported that children in Georgetown are going to be taught to fight back against armed school shooting intruders. Under the story title "Schools wants to teach kids to fight back under attack - School Threat". The Georgetown MA Police Chief, Jim Mulligan, speaking on behalf of the school safety / school resource officer, stated that there is planning underway to teach the children and teachers at the Georgetown Elementary School level and up, including the Perley Elementary School, Penn Brook School and the Georgetown Middle School and Georgetown High School, to fight back against an armed intruder, much like programs being taught in Key West Florida for school defense and other locations around the country. This is also a method endorsed by SafePlans, a company that works with school systems to develop classroom safety plans and emergency response plans in the event of emergencies in schools around the country. Georgetown School Superintendent Carol Jacobs stated that the children were not going to be taught to throw their backpacks at intruders but that a fight back training method would be under review.
From BulletBlocker's review of similar plans, the method, in fact does seem to include throwing books and backpacks and the use of desks and other classroom objects as cover and/or weapons to assail an intruder so that the number of school shooting victims is minimized by stopping the attack earlier than in the Columbine attack. In fact, this is also a trend that is being accepted in the law enforcement community in general. As opposed to staging and holding the schools under siege, so to speak, law enforcement planning is shifting towards quicker confrontation of the perpetrators.
What we propose at BulletBlocker is that many of the deadly outcomes could be changed if our products were incorporated into family safety plans as well as classroom and school safety planning. If, as reported in this WBZ Boston news story, the plan is going to involve kids/students and teachers alike participating in trying to stop the attackers, why not use BulletBlocker safety products like our Bulletproof Teacher Safety Seat Cushion, or have an emergency Bulletproof Vest available for teachers and principals, like our BulletBlocker Executive vest, which stores flat and compact, but would be available to the staff and students at the moment of need. Classroom safety sould also be enhanced by our classroom safety and survival kit. Our kit comes packed in our BulletBlocker Bulletproof Backpack and includes a trauma based first aid kit as well as lock-down and shelter in place survival items such as high calorie food bars, packaged water and sanitary supplies, for those long term lock down situations. At the family level, for less than the cost of an iPod, school kids Kindergarten through college have BulletBlocker Bulletproof Backpack options. We have packs with integrated bulletproof panels, as well as small and large bulletproof panels that can be put in a pack or bag the student already uses and they effectively add a bulletproof shield to the bag or pack.
As one of the Georgetown children interviewed said, 'We are told to cover the windows with paper, but they can just smash the window and still get us.' At BulletBlocker the 3 retired deputy sheriffs that are the company founders created the backpacks and defense items to give children and teachers an added advantage in a school assault. We hopefully suggest that parents and authorities review our unique product line to see for themselves how these products could truly change the outcomes for many of these school safety and defense scenarios. Al BulletBlocker products are tested to the NIJ Threat level 3a standard, which stops up to 99% of all handgun bullets, up to and including the powerful 44 Magnum bullet.
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