The Newtown, Conn., mass shooting of 20 schoolchildren seems to have had an impact in one industry – body armor backpacks, according to a report from Yahoo News and Mother Jones.
The sales of these backpacks, produced by Utah-based body armor company Amendment II, have “gone through the roof.” Demand for the product has completely overwhelmed the company’s website. Amendment II president Derek Williams says that the company tripled the average monthly sales volume of backpacks in just one week.