America's gun violence epidemic continues to be a major concern for parents sending their children to school, and now, some are turning to bulletproof backpacks. But will they keep your child safe in an emergency?

When it comes to back-to-school shopping, most parents buy things like crayons, rulers and calculators. But with the growing number of school shootings, Hillary McAfee said she had a ballistic-proof backpack shield at the top of her shopping list.

"If you have a school-aged child in America, this one's for you," McAfee said in a now-viral video posted to TikTok . "This is a ballistic-proof shield that belongs in my second-grade daughter's backpack."

McAfee's two children, ages 8 and 10, have kept the shields in their backpacks for years.

When she first explained the reason

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