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<p>After a deadly school shooting left 17 dead in Parkland, Florida last week, teens are taking matters into their own hands to make sure that nothing like this happens ever again.</p><p>Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students formed the <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-the-survivors-of-parkland-began-the-never-again-movement">#NeverAgain movement</a>, and are pressuring Congress to put common sense gun laws in place.</p><p>17-year-old Emma Gonz&aacute;lez delivered a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/us/florida-student-emma-gonzalez-speech/index.html">rousing speech</a> that inspired the nation.</p><p>And now <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/20/high-school-student-develops-justinkase-tool-could-save-lives-during-school-shooting/353942002/">Justin Rivard</a>, a senior at Somerset High School in Wisconsin, invented a special kind of door jam that could potentially save hundreds of lives in the event of a school shooting.</p><p>Rivard&#39;s product, named the &quot;JustinKase,&quot; is comprised of a series steel plates and connecting rods. It slips beneath a classroom door and latches to the door&rsquo;s jam, making the door nearly impossible to open.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A high school senior from Somerset, WI wants to be part of the solution. Justin Rivard has invented a device to jam a classroom door, keeping out intruders. Somerset schools have placed them in every classroom. Grantsburg has ordered them too. More after the Olympics on KARE <a href="https://t.co/wJdkxvilwp">pic.twitter.com/wJdkxvilwp</a></p>&mdash; Boyd Huppert (@BoydHuppert) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoydHuppert/status/965730700359032835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;You can lock a door with a lock, it can get shot out,&quot; Justin told <em>USA Today</em>. &quot;You can lock a door with this, it can&#39;t get shot out. You can&#39;t get around it.&quot;</p><p>To test the product, Rivard reportedly had the linemen from his high school football team try to knock down the door. They were unsuccessful.</p><p>Somerset High School ordered 50 units, one for every classroom in the building. The Grantsburg School District has ordered a total of 94 units.</p><p>Each &quot;JustinKase&quot; costs $95.00. Although Rivard notes that at least one company manufactures a similar product, he says his is much cheaper and easier to produce.</p><p>After Justin graduates this spring, he will be turning over to his father so he can join the army come July.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Teen invents lifesaving tool to protect students from a school shooting. He's already sold 50.

After a deadly school shooting left 17 dead in Parkland, Florida last week, teens are taking matters into their own hands to make sure that nothing like this happens ever again.Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students formed the #NeverAgain movement, and are pressuring Congress to put common sense gun laws in place.17-year-old Emma Gonz&aacute;lez delivered a rousing speech that inspired the nation.And now Justin Rivard, a senior at Somerset High School in Wisconsin, invented a special kind of door jam that could potentially save hundreds of lives in the event of a school shooting.Rivard&#39;s product, named the &quot;JustinKase,&quot; is comprised of a series steel plates and connecting rods. It slips beneath a classroom door and latches to the door&rsquo;s jam, making the door nearly impossible to open.A high school senior from Somerset, WI wants to be part of the solution. Justin Rivard has invented a device to jam a classroom door, keeping out intruders. Somerset schools have placed them in every classroom. Grantsburg has ordered them too. More after the Olympics on KARE pic.twitter.com/wJdkxvilwp&mdash; Boyd Huppert (@BoydHuppert) February 19, 2018 &quot;You can lock a door with a lock, it can get shot out,&quot; Justin told USA Today. &quot;You can lock a door with this, it can&#39;t get shot out. You can&#39;t get around it.&quot;To test the product, Rivard reportedly had the linemen from his high school football team try to knock down the door. They were unsuccessful.Somerset High School ordered 50 units, one for every classroom in the building. The Grantsburg School District has ordered a total of 94 units.Each &quot;JustinKase&quot; costs $95.00. Although Rivard notes that at least one company manufactures a similar product, he says his is much cheaper and easier to produce.After Justin graduates this spring, he will be turning over to his father so he can join the army come July.

After a deadly school shooting left 17 dead in Parkland, Florida last week, teens are taking matters into their own hands to make sure that nothing like this happens ever again.  Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students formed the...