Chair providing ballistic defense shield

A protective chair apparatus comprising:

• a base, said base having a supporting platform having a first surface and having an opposing second surface;
• a plurality of support legs extending away from said first surface to distal ends which are adapted to contact a support surface;
• a seatback cushion engaged to said base, said seatback cushion having at least one bullet resistant layer;
• a seat cushion having at least one said bullet resistant layer, said seat cushion having an upper surface and a lower surface;
• means of attachment of said lower surface of said seat cushion to said base, in a contact with said second surface of said supporting platform;
• a pair of recesses formed in a lower surface of said seat cushion;
• each of said recesses defining a hand grip for each hand of a user of said protective chair whereby said chair in a seating position with said distal ends of said legs contacting said support surface, may be picked up by said user and held elevated in an as-used position;
• a pair of shields, each of said shields covering one respective of said recesses, each of said shields being bullet resistant;
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• said shields shielding the hands of said user when said protective chair is picked up from said seating position and held by said user in said as-used position, whereby a user may grip said chair with their hands engaged in said recesses and hold it elevated in said as-used position with both said seatback and said seat cushion providing protection from bullets or high speed projectiles approaching said protective chair in a direction heading from said distal end of said support legs, toward said first side of said base.