'Bulletproof' Blanket Is ** Match for a School Shooting
 

'Bulletproof' Blanket Is ** Match for a School Shooting
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Like many parents in the wake of a disaster, Steve Walker wanted solutions.

In the aftermath of the 2012 school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the 2013 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, Walker dreamt up a Bodyguard Blanket that he promised would help protect children from a gunman's bullet or falling debris. Local and national news outlets around the country jumped on the story, hailing it as a lifesaving device.

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But in reality, **t even the highest-caliber blanket could have saved the children in Moore. The tornado was measured as an EF-5, the strongest level on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, with estimated winds higher than 200 miles per hour Read more...

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