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Bulletproof backpacks for sale as Valley students shop for school supplies

Major retailers are selling bulletproof gear as Valley kids head back to school, and Valley parents aren't too happy about it.

PHOENIX — In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting that killed 20 children back in 2012, a Florida company called Guard Dog began making bulletproof backpacks.

Those backpacks are now available pretty much anywhere you can buy school supplies.

OfficeMax/Office Depot began selling them in December. They are also available online through Amazon, Walmart, and Bed Bath and Beyond, just to name a few.

The extent to which the backpacks have become so mainstream bothered local mother Shanae Hughes, who has a school-aged daughter.

"I guess I can understand where they’re coming from with the idea of the bulletproof backpack," Hughes said. "But I don’t know if I feel like that’s the best option."

Another local mom, Diane Poythress, didn't like the idea either, but she was happy to have the option.

"I just think it’s a great idea. I mean it’s good," Poythress said. "You can’t overprotect kids these days. Everything’s so random when it happens."

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