"Bullet-roof backpack" for children was popular in America

Recently the NHK News On-line reported the following:

米で子ども向け “防弾リュック” が人気

4月13日 7時58分

子どもたちが銃の犠牲になる悲惨な事件が後を絶たないアメリカでは、子ども向けのある特殊なリュックサックの売り上げが伸びています。

南米コロンビアに本社を置く会社が作っているのは子ども向けのリュックサックです。

見た目はカラフルでポップなデザインですが、防弾仕様になっていて、価格は２００ドル（日本円で２万円余）で販売されています。

最大の売りは、壁に据え付けて銃弾を何発撃ち込んでもほとんど傷がつかない耐久性の強さです。

製造会社はもともと警備員用の防弾チョッキを主に作っていましたが、銃撃事件が多いアメリカにビジネスチャンスを見いだして、およそ５年前から子ども用のリュックサックと防弾チョッキの製造に乗り出し、去年にはフロリダ州に支社を構えるまでになりました。

特にことしに入ってからの売り上げは去年の同じ時期と比べて４倍に増えたということで、会社は、２月にフロリダ州の高校で起きた銃の乱射事件など悲惨な事件がアメリカ各地で後を絶たないことから、保護者が子どもの安全に敏感になっているのではないかと分析しています。

アメリカでは、学校での銃撃事件を防ぐためトランプ大統領が教師に銃を持たせることを提案していますが、会社は「防弾リュックサックは最も穏やかな方法で子どもたちを守ることができる」と話しています。

Translation

 In America where there was no end to miserable events in which children were sacrificed due to guns, the sales of some special backpacks for children were increasing in the United States.

A company with its head office based in Columbia in South American was making backpacks for children. 

Although the appearance was colorful and with pop design, it had bullet-proof features and was sold for 200 dollars (in Japanese yen, about 20,000 yen).

The biggest selling point was the strength of its durability in that when it was mounted on a wall, no matter how many bullets were fired it was hardly damaged.

Originally this manufacturing firm mainly made bulletproof vest for guards, but it saw a business opportunity when the United States had a lot of shooting incidents and from approximately 5 years ago it started producing children backpacks and bulletproof vests; a branch office was opened in the State of Florida last year.

In particular it was said that from this year the sales increased four times compared with the same time last year; the company analyzed that because a random gun shooting event had occurred at a high school in the State of Florida  in February etc. and there was no end to these miserable events in the United States, guardian might become sensitive to children’s safety.

Although president Trump proposed making teachers to have guns to stop shooting incidents at school in the United States, the company said "a bullet-proof backpack is the gentlest way, and it is possible to protect children."

     The unique feature of this backpack is a good choice to ensure safety.