Fox Guest: Provide Schools With “Ballistic Blankets”

Newsweek reports:

A former FBI agent has appeared on Fox News suggesting that parents and schools should invest in “ballistic blankets” and other equipment to keep their children safe. Maureen O’Connell’s comments followed the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, south Texas.

O’Connell told Fox’s Special Report host Bret Baier: “This is just beyond shocking. I would like to see a national push. Instead of parents buying their kids all these tools and toys and games, invest in the classroom to make it safer.

“They have blankets you can put up on the wall that are colorful and beautiful, but they are ballistic blankets. There are ways to obscure the classroom windows so that the shooter can’t have target acquisition.

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