Colombian company begins manufacturing children's body armor after the Newtown, Conn., massacre

Photos by William Fernando Martinez / AP

A worker inspects armored vests designed for children at the Miguel Caballero factory on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013.

The Associated Press reports that Miguel Caballero, who has made armored vests for adults for more than 20 years, said he had never thought about making bulletproof goods for children.

That changed after the Dec. 14 slaying of 20 small children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.

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Miguel Caballero, president of Miguel Caballero Company, uses a .38-caliber revolver to demonstrate the bulletproof quality of a leather jacket made at his factory.

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Asinine! Make the kids fear school. Teach them paranoia. Some little ones freak as it is on 1st day. I have an idea...better parenting, know what`s going on in your kids head and get him or her the help they need if necessary or would that be to much like work for parents today? Oh and your NOT friends or buddies 1st ,you are the parent ,they are the child!

    Reply#1 - Sat Jan 5, 2013 3:51 PM EST

    Fear is what makes American's buy guns. American's with guns cause fear. Don't buy ammo and armor..just grow some b..ls.

      Reply#2 - Sat Jan 5, 2013 7:34 PM EST
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