…for Britain’s lawless teenagers
http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2872 hoodies, fuelling fears of a further increase in lawlessness.
The hoodie can allegedly stop a bullet from a 9mm Magnum handgun.
The £300 top goes on sale later this month.
While the hoodie is being marketed as a sensible precaution, critics will certainly see bulletproof protection as another step up in the spiralling http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1573 among Britain’s youngsters, by prompting gangs to arm themselves even more heavily.
Barry Samms, who owns its British manufacturer Bladerunner, said today: “This hoodie stops bullets.
“Last year we launched a knife resistant hooded top in the UK and it’s selling very well. I was taken aback at how well it has sold.”
He insisted that buyers of the previous top had not been confined to http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2973 staff, teachers, bus drivers, train drivers and we even had a priest call up,” Mr Samms said.
“When we launched the hoodies which stop knives we thought our main customers would be young males but it has really been anything but that.
“We have sold them to women who go jogging in the morning or at night and to people who catch the late train home.”
The maker says the advantage of the black, machine-washable tops – which look much the same as normal hoodies – is that they do not draw attention to themselves like more conventional forms of body protection.
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