Mundbora body shields are bullet-resistant backpacks made in Houlton. The ballistic pads inside them are supposed to stop all handgun rounds. The founder of the company, Jeffrey Maguire, is pitching these bags as the missing piece in school safety.
The Portland Press Herald asked two experts to shoot a Mundbora bag with an increasingly powerful series of guns to find out whether the product works.
Read our full coverage:
- We tested a bullet-resistant backpack made in Maine. Here’s what happened.
- Boothbay schools got backpacks that stop bullets. Was it a good idea?
- Meet the man who wants to put ballistic backpacks in every Maine classroom
Reuben M. Schafir is a Report for America corps member who writes about Indigenous and rural communities for the Portland Press Herald.
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