Bulletproof Backpacks are now for sale

fructose writes: "Weired has a blog about a company that is now selling bulletproof backpacks. The company's product page states "Since 1999 over 328 incidents have occurred, leaving 229 dead and 422 injured in school violence alone." But the Wired article points out that there were "838 deaths caused by falling out of bed in 2003 alone." Do kids really need bulletproof protection when they are more at risk of dying from falling out of bed? You can look at the National Safety Council has the odds of dying for 2003 online."