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Gun control students unhappy with their clear backpacks

Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 6:57 am April 4, 201818 comments

PARKLAND, Fla. _ “This backpack is probably worth more than my life.”

So says a tweet from Carmen Lo, one of the many Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students who took to social media after t***sparent backpacks were handed out to the school’s 3,300 students on Monday.

The backpacks are part of the new safety measures taking effect at the Parkland school, where 17 people were shot and k**led and 17 others were wounded Feb. 14.

On social media, particularly Twitter, many Stoneman Douglas students were showing off their backpack hacks, or the ways in which they’ve managed to personalize their new school bags.

Many of the students used their new backpacks to make a statement, with the inference being that trying to reduce gun violence with t***sparent plastic backpacks was ridiculous, and for some, insulting.

“Clear backpacks are stupid,” one student wrote on a sheet of paper he was displaying from the inside of his backpack.

Others were attaching the $1.05 price tag used by some students to protest Florida Senator Marco Rubio.

“When you take 3,140,167, the number of students enrolled in Florida schools, and divide it by $3,303,355, the amount of money Marco Rubio has received from the National Rifle Association, it comes out to $1.05,” student Sarah Chadwick said in her speech at the March For Our Lives rally in Washington on March 24.

Yet others pointed out that the new backpacks could bring unwanted attention to personal items.

Other students saw some humor in the situation. Alex Wind, one of the #NeverAgain leaders, tweeted a clip of an amped-up Oprah Winfrey. It was an obvious reference to Oprah’s famous practice of giving away expensive stuff to audience members on her daytime talk show.

Yet another student drew a pair of crying eyes with “Prisoner #0612074413” written in red and blue marker on the backpack. That number isn’t random, though. It’s actually her student number.

Another enterprising student used his to advertise the fact he’s on the market. “I AM SINGLE,” a sheet of paper inside the backpack reads. All caps, of course.

And Jaclyn Corin, another prominent student-activist, affixed March For Our Lives-related pins to hers.

“Thousands of clear backpacks were donated to MSD … it’s a shame b/c they should’ve been given to a school that actually needs the supplies. But since we’re stuck with them, I decided to make the most out of the situation & decorate!!” she tweeted.

In response, Stoneman Douglas principal Ty Thompson tweeted, “Thanks for embracing it Jackie. We will adjust as needed moving forward.”

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(c)2018 Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Wow, don't these crybabies understand the law of unintended consequences? They are being used by the left wing loons of the Demorrhoid Party to try and advance an agenda they haven't been able to control. Since they have been such failures, they are hoping these students might be able to stop the Second Amendment. Everyone knows that isn't going to happen except the loons of the left. Now that the students have the spotlight for their 15 minutes of fame, the school is doing what it can to protect them. The kids don't understand that they can now spy on each other by looking into their fellow students backpacks, and if they see a weapon, they can say something to stop that student from harming others. Of course, they can also see each others stashes and other items I imagine they want private. They are going to have to someday understand the cold hard t***h that you don't always get your way. They'll be crying even more once that becomes evident in their lives.

skylane5sp Loc: Puyallup, WA

But... but... It's an invasion of their underaged privacy.
Compare that to their attempt to invade the lives of millions of adult law abiding gun owners who have done nothing wrong.

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thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

I don't get the backpacks myself. Seems easy enough to hide a gun in a book or a binder.

skylane5sp Loc: Puyallup, WA

Thom, if I had a million dollars for every time you said you actually 'got' something, I would not be any richer. At all.

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Well, clear backpacks is another step in the wrong direction. What a stupid idea, nobody will ever think to wrap up their contraband in an old tee shirt.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

explain them to me. Lots of things will fit in a binder and books aren't very difficult to hollow out.

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Exactly right, Thom. That's why it's ridiculous to pass more laws. It won't stop the dedicated shooter.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Thom, it is a method that has been in play for decades, major retailers have since the 80's asked their female employees to only bring clear handbags into the workplace, I don't know if it is still in force today but my then wife in the 80's worked for a major anchor at the mall and had to carry such a handbag to work. It makes for a fast easy visual inspection of what the student is carrying into and around the school. It would be pretty hard to conceal weapons in such a bag especially if it had to pass through a checkpoint.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

somebody is planning of getting rich on it. As you say, there's always a way around something like that. can anyone say "metal detectors"?