Company Creates Blanket for Tornado Protection

An Oklahoma company has created a protective blanket that developers say could give children a better chance of surviving debris from a tornado — or bullets from a 9 mm handgun.
The Bodyguard Blanket, made by ProTecht, is a bulletproof pad designed to protect students during disasters at school. The 5/16-inch thick rectangle features backpack-like straps that allow users to put it on, and then duck and cover.
Steve Walker developed the pad, The Oklahoman reported ( bit.ly ). Walker started on the idea after a massive tornado struck last year in Moore, killing 24 people including seven children inside an elementary school that didn’t have a tornado shelter.
“We’re trying to stop that blunt-force trauma when that rubble is falling down on a child, for instance,” said Walker, a podiatrist from Edmond.

So, the guy developed the product in response to the Moore, OK, tornado to protect kids at school from tornado debris, but because it can also supposedly protect kids from 9mm bullets, people jumped all over THAT application.
smh