How to Make a Bulletproof Backpack

August 16, 2021

How can you make a bulletproof backpack?

It just takes 2 EASY steps to bulletproof your commute:

Get a Hardwire® Backpack Insert
Put it in your bag

DONE... That's it.

It's as elementary as taking our colorful hard bag inserts and popping it into their school bag. Or, if your kid is a book worm had has minimal space in their bag, our soft bag inserts are very thin, pliable, and barely noticed.

Since Columbine, 256,000 students have experienced gun violence.

{Explore The Washington Post's database of school shootings, by John Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich, Allyson Chiu, John Muyskens and Monica Ulmanu}

Proactive protection for yourself and your children is uncomplicated. Talking with your kids about why this measure is taking place can be just as easy. Let them know the world is filled with great people. Their schools and buses are chock full of people wanting to see them succeed and thrive. The good guys far out numbered the bad, but we add this layer of safety just in case. Just like when we buckle them in, we are not expecting a car accident, but we add the protection to avoid risk.

Simple & Easy Hardwire Protection Anywhere

TSA Bulletproof Backpack: All of our backpack inserts meet TS travel requirements! Travel with Hardwire!
Armor, whether a bulletproof vest or one of our bag inserts follows the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) Protection Standard.
Our consumer products come in 2 levels of protection: Level 3A and Level 3.

Level 3A protects against gunfire from shotguns and handguns including 44mags. Level 3 protects against shotguns, handguns, and assault rifles. Typically, mass shootings in schools or otherwise are typically done with handguns. Level 3A is ample protection for these types of shootings. However, some prefer to have the extra peace of mind with the rifle protection, though more uncommon. Level 3 does protect against typical rifle fire, however it does not protect against armor piercing rounds like the M855 Green Tip ammunition. Hardwire does make a 3+ hard body armor plate that protects against M855, but that is not available as a backpack insert currently. Hardwire's ERS is M855 greentip protected. All consumer products are tested per NIJ Standard 0108.01.