Classroom III

This will cause more parents in our area to want to send their darlings to private and charter schools. Who the heck would want to pluck out 175 Washingtons for a bullet-proof backpack for their most precious little child. Hum, I hate to be so negative, but I would bet that most of these will not be sold to psycho parents. Instead, the thugs will have them. So, this will be an interesting item to study. The question to me is will the good kids have them or the drug dealers have them? In a recent local news article, the Sheriff Department’s Detective was featured in a photo holding a bullet-proof vest confiscated in a drug raid. So, if innocent looking bookpacks concealing bullet-proof plates become available, will the “Po-Po” have to shake down every school kid to see if they are breaking a local ordinance?
Don’t get me wrong, we have problems. If I had the money, I would invest in one of these backpacks to keep in my truck. You never know when you will get into a gun fight in the Big Lots parking lot. I need another cup of coffee…