Renowned Comedian Lewis Black Offers Comments on Kevlar Backpacks for Students

    NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lewis Black is not bashful
 about offering commentary, nor does he do so at low volume. And he had
 something to say, as students around the nation head back to school, about
 two men in Colorado who are selling bulletproof backpacks on the internet.
     "After what happened at Virginia Tech, two guys in Colorado are now
 selling bulletproof backpacks and they're doing a great internet business.
     "Perfect!," Black said. "Why deal with the problem when you can create
 an industry around it and make a profit off it? How about tear gas pens or
 a bulletproof vest notebook? Why not just make the school uniform complete
 military gear?
     "What is the matter with us? Are we so lazy we don't want to deal with
 reality anymore?"
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 www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5677754,00.html.
     Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence,
 agreed with Black that the bizarre backpacks aren't the solution to
 America's gun violence problem. "What we need to do is prevent the
 tragedies from happening by keeping guns out of the wrong hands," Helmke
 said. "We should require Brady Background checks on all gun sales, crack
 down on illegal gun trafficking and limit access to military-style
 semiautomatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
     "What we're doing now about gun violence is not working," Helmke said.
 "We need to do more to prevent dangerous individuals from getting guns."
     For continuing insight and comment on the gun issue, read Paul Helmke's
 blog at http://www.bradycampaign.org/blog/. And visit the Brady Campaign
 website at http://www.bradycampaign.org.
     As the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading
 the fight to prevent gun violence, the Brady Campaign, working with its
 dedicated network of Million Mom March Chapters, is devoted to creating an
 America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at
 school, at work, and in our communities.
     Contact: Zach Ragbourn, 202-898-0792
 
 

SOURCE Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence