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Students Can’t Believe The Ridiculous US School Backpack Ban, Improvise With Random Household Items
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Students Can’t Believe The Ridiculous US School Backpack Ban, Improvise With Random Household Items

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Even though the pandemic and remote learning has stalled school shootings across the US, there have still been 16 of them in 2021. However, the country seems to be prepared to do anything but take away guns from its citizens.

Recently, four schools in Rigby, Idaho, banned backpacks from their halls after a 13-year-old student was found with a gun in hers.

Monica Pauley, a spokeswoman for Jefferson School District 251, said this rule applies to Rigby Middle School, Farnsworth Middle School, and both Rigby and Jefferson High Schools.

“Elementary schools will still be able to have backpacks,” Pauley explained. “We are doing this as a precautionary measure.”

Like in some sort of dystopian novel, students who have to adhere to this new policy have been improvising with laundry baskets, shopping carts, and other random items.

Students were reportedly asked to carry their books to the school and place them in their lockers. Teachers and administrators are planning to assist students where needed.

School District Superintendent Chad Martin issued a press release on the matter:

“We ask our parents to partner with us in keeping all of our students safe. Please keep your firearms safe and inaccessible to students. If you notice changes in your student’s behavior, attire, or personality notify us so we can help your student,” he said.

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The last school shooting in the area took place in May when two students and one adult suffered non-life-threatening injuries at Rigby Middle School.

Then, a 6th-grade student pulled a handgun out of her backpack and started shooting in a hallway before going outside, said Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson. Luckily, math teacher Krista Gneiting was there to stop her.

Gneiting was preparing her students for their final exams when she said she heard a gunshot. She said she looked outside her classroom and saw the school’s janitor lying on the floor in the hallway. The teacher shut the door as she heard two more shots.

“I just told my students, ‘We are going to leave, we’re going to run to the high school, you’re going to run hard, you’re not going to look back, and now is the time to get up and go,'” Gneiting recalled during an exclusive interview with ABC News.

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The girl shot another victim in the hallway before moving outside and shooting the third victim. Gneiting was helping one of the students who had been shot when she saw a girl holding a gun.

“It was a little girl and my brain couldn’t quite grasp that,” she said. “I just knew when I saw that gun, I had to get the gun.”

Gneiting looked at the girl and asked, “Are you the shooter?”

“I just walked up to her and I put my hand over her hand, I just slowly pulled the gun out of her hand and she allowed me to,” the teacher said. “She didn’t give it to me but she didn’t fight. And then after I got the gun, I just pulled her into a hug because I thought, this little girl has a mom somewhere that doesn’t realize she’s having a breakdown and she’s hurting people.”

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Education officials are forbidding their students from using bags and purses while on school grounds in other parts of the country, too.

KPIX5 reported that high schools in Texas, Illinois, Ohio, and other states have all sent word to parents that their children will have to find other ways to carry their books this fall.

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@miriam_gilmore_I have no words on this one….😂#nobackpacks #myschooliscrazy #thisisfunny♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod

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Monika Lachova
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

so, in case someone brings gun hidden under his/her clothes, will they ban clothes too?

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Pearl
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so sad. The school should ban guns, not BACKPACKS!

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Troux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem is that the US has embraced an endless supply of guns with minimal regulation, and the very unsurprising result is a huge number of stolen, unregistered or otherwise illegally obtained guns. If they banned guns, you'd get all of your law-abiding citizens turning them in, and then we'd be left with a whole lot of criminals more brazen than ever. Actually getting rid of guns in the US is much much much more than banning them. Unfortunately, too many US citizens think that the only solution to the problem is by adding to the problem. Basically it's a Mexican standoff with 330M participants. Of course EU nations generally don't have many illegal guns because they never went through a phase where they decided to flood the nation with more guns than people without any kind of accountability.

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David Andrews
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So they ban backpacks. Because that's the only things a gun can be in? Because a gun couldn't possibly be in any other container students use? Might as well just ban students from having that specific backpack or that colour of bag, logic will be just as effective as this ... Pointless move just so they can say they have done something, without addressing the actual issue

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Troux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just going from memory here, but I believe several of the major school shootings were executed by people who were not going through their normal school day - they showed up after it started and carried their weapons in trenchcoats and duffel bags, not concealed in backpacks. Often the weapons were too large for backpacks anyways. This rule really does nothing...

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N G
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"March 13 marks the 25th anniversary of the appalling shooting massacre at a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland. The death of 16 young children and their teacher was a horrifying moment in the UK. The tragedy ultimately prompted an almost total ban on the private ownership of handguns" ..........Since the ban there hasn't been any school shootings in the UK

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Emmydearest
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Banning backpacks to prevent schools shooting is like eating a 10.000 calories meal and then drinking diet coke instead of regular coke because regular coke is "bad for your health"...

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another rule brought to you by the same people who will not ban guns, but will ban proper sex ed and books. *sigh*

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sturmwesen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That country is so broken... Everywhere else you would ban weapons but nope...

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Daniel (ShadowDrakken)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about, and I know this is a radical idea, but how about we F'N DEAL WITH THE GUN PROBLEMS AND POVERTY INSTEAD OF BANNING BACKPACKS!

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Tequila4Two
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While this is crazy, I was more shocked by the reply "and it hasn't even been 4 months since our last school shooting" It almost sounds like a school shooting is a normal thing which you can expect on any school. This is a sad reality.

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Vicky Zar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... I think you actually can, there. Look up the number of Shootings they have per year.

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Hans
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, I recommend all books and learning materials are stored at the school, learning at home is banned. The school will be heated to tropical temperatures and everyone will have to learn in short underwear, only after a full body search of course. They also need to take an emetic when entering the school to make sure they have no firearms in their stomach. Did I mention the mandatory full body epilation to ensure nothing can be hidden beneath the hair? To counter any case of missed detection of a firearm, each teacher will be equipped with a grenade launcher, just in case. Our schools must be safe places to learn!

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Lucas
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like the learning at home part being banned. I hated homework!!

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing they are banning backpacks because the bullet proof ones can save lives.

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Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some in my country are so stupid that they wrongly believe their Second Amendment right trumps my unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Sadly, most of our politicians are this stupid as well.

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Amanda Reicha
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I hate how many stupid people we have here. My dad falls in the "you can't take my guns" category.

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Kevin Beard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a solution to the gun problem. Everytime there is a shooting, massive fines to the gun manufacturer used (if import, stop imports until the fine is paid), massive fines to the place that sold it. I know, you say, "but fining manufacturers will make gun prices go up too high and people won't be able to buy them." Okay, good. "Fining the business that sold it will make people not want to be sellers." Okay good, also solves the problem.

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Green Cabochon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If my middle school 20 years ago could figure out that clear backpacks existed, I don't know why this school hasn't. There are tons more options even because of the sports stadium bag rules. My middle school clear backpack had a yellow tint and a huge smiley face. lol

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N G
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is ridiculous, it would be better just to ban people from dying on school property

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kjorn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ah... can't do anything about banning gun but you can ban backpack... this country is run by morons!

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Alloydog
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For all those saying the guns should be banned, remember, the US constitution doesn't say anything about the right to have a backpack...

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It actually says the right to bear arms in a well-regulated militia ------ and it's not well regulated by any definition, no matter how you spin the rest of the Second. Oh, and nobody has a Constitutional right to kill, last I checked.

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RandomBeing
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love their reaction XD Whoever brought the sled is amazing

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Kenny Kulbiski
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is ridiculous! Just issue every student an AK 47 so they can defend themselves like red blooded Americans.

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Filipe Vieira
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be easier to just ban all the students instead of backpacks.

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Jay Broderick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can u imagine if it was smuggled in in their pants? "Ban pants!"

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Jaye Keith
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ban guns???? This is aMeRiCa!!!! Hush yo mouth! We have more guns per household than children or pets. I can live without my kids & pets, but my HK? No way. Sarcastic post for those who like to argue.

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Red Hair Blue Soul
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Soooo in TX adults can carry all the guns they want but kids can't have bags. Let them secede with all their stupidity!!!

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Jason Doakes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this isn't a sign of mental illness, I don't know what is. And I'm not being hyperbolic, these people need professional help.

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Jason Boyd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not sure where else in the developed world people feel they need guns to defend themselves from criminals. Also, the US gun figures show 60% of gun-related homicides are suicide and another 4% accidental homicide. However, it looks like most shootings are people with criminal records shooting other people with criminal records, not innocent civilians defending themselves. Also, it isn't assault rifles killing everyone - handguns account for 60-70% of deaths, rifles/shotguns/assault rifles for around 8-9% and the rest weren't specified. Final interesting data point - after 35 years, the chance that you shoot and kill someone plummets down to around 4 per 100,000 population compared to 25 per 100,000 for 18-24 year olds - how about we NEVER give a gun licence to people under 30 years?

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Watching
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's not forget all the parents that are fighting vaccine mandates and mask mandates are perfectly happy to have their children do active shooter drills in school. Republican logic.

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Tristan J
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Contrast this with North Korea, who provide all students with really high quality backpacks, and the designs are regularly updated following user feedback.

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Johnny
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But what about the bulletproof backpacks that some places sell? That's personal safety equipment. I wish I was making up "bulletproof backpacks", but it's a real thing. https://www.thehomesecuritysuperstore.com/collections/bulletproof-backpacks

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Thorfin Wolfsbane
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure i'm the only one who thinks this, but i'm glad kids aren't using backpacks here. I've seen x-rays of teenagers who already have degenerative disc disease in their low backs which will set them up for a lifetime of back pain conditions. #1 culprit? 50 pound backpacks and looking down at their desk 8 hours per day is not good for their necks.

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Mewton’s Third Paw
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn’t bad reasoning. I’ve heard that before too. I would have hated to not have a backpack in school though. Children need to be taught to prioritize and to use multiple bags as well. A student shouldn’t need to carry every book it uses home every day.

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Jerry Mathers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about they bring back lockers so our kids don't all end up with back problems

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Mazer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This mentality of closing the barn door AFTER the fox has gotten into the hen house is backwards thinking. As is acting in fear and making everyone else suffer because of the actions of one person. Welcome to the insanity of adult life.

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NWB
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Take a look at yourselves America, seriously, DO BETTER!

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Watching
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We are trying but the conservatives continue to cheat. They will literally kill people for power. And they have really proven it this last year.

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Mad Mar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And this just shows that gun owners need to really lock them up better or take the ammo away from the same location as the home. Clear plastic back packs or totes could be used but I do love malicious compliance these kids got creative af. Or maybe the school could have books accessible online so hard copies could be kept in the classrooms and e book readers could be used in library's or checked out for those that need them during school time. Books are heavy af too.

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Calypso poet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That cooler on wheels is more suspicious! The kids toys, like shopping carts are hilarious! I actually took a small duffel bag in H.S. Between all the books, gym clothes and change of shoes for snow I could have used a rolling suitcase! Then when I took cosmetology my locker was in the vocational annex plus I had to wear a uniform in cosmo, but my regular clothes for my classes on the other side of the building with 5 minutes between classes. There was no time for going to my locker so I had to carry all my books, notebooks etc. Also don't forget feminine products because there were none in the bathrooms. At least in cosmetology our teachers were lenient with using the locker/bathroom whenever we needed.

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Jocelyn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah, no. this is from a spirit day at high school "anything but a backpack" spirit day IMG_1683-6...14974e.jpg IMG_1683-6155f3314974e.jpg

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StellaLehggs
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is stupid. You know how many friggin textbooks I had to carry around in high school? I wouldn't have survived without a backpack.

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T.Milly
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why not switch to fully remote schooling for the foreseeable future. School shootings can't happen if no kids are in school.

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Joyce Blodgett
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apparently people living in other countries are unaware that the US manufactures the vast majority of the guns used in the world. There's no way Colt, Smith & Wesson, and Remington are going to allow guns to be banned. There are six other countries that produce guns that are high quality, but none have the sheer production numbers, and the overall quality of the guns made here. So, no, unfortunately, there will be no guns banned in the States. I used to be a good shooter myself until my son was killed in a hunting accident, and I can't stand the sight or sound of guns anymore. Sure, I'd love to see all weapons banned---but I'd rather see all criminals, no matter their stupidity of choice, put out of commission instead.

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GreenBean
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would hide a gun in my pants They could not reach down there Without it being weird

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j miller
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I bet the school district completely ignored WHY the student felt the need to have a gun in her bag! Was she being bullied? A loner not fitting in with others? Angry at someone for whatever reason? Maybe addressing the issue would help more students than making a weird rule that impacts entire schools!

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Chris Sprucefield
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will cherish the day they make blatant and wanton stupidity a criminal offense...

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Fikri Fikri
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lmao if people want to sneak a gun in theyd find a way, backpack is the least of your concern

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Joe Bloe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are 4 items above that could easily conceal a weapon. The premise of banning backpacks is to 'prevent' hidden offensive weapons to be transported into schools. Under this premise, the principle is 'concealment' - it should have ZERO logical and exclusive attachment to a 'bag' as the sole means of covert transport. The simple solution is to render all homework digital, give students access to PDF versions of textbooks and ensure exclusive on-premises use of physical papers/textbooks and stationery. It never ceases to amaze me just how utterly stupid 'leadership' is all over the world.

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in.love.with.taylor.swift
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

actually i go to high school in texas and no schools i know of near me have banned backpacks

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Zet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

BAckPAcKS ARE dAnGeRous!!! .... BANN ALL BACKPACKS! - meanwhile they sell guns at Walmart.

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XLucy1217
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"it hasn't even been 4 months since our last school shooting" yay america. also in my school, we can bring backpacks in but they have to stay in our lockers at all times.

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im.bored.person
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

so texas is gonna ban bookbags before they tighten gun restrictions...

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Mama Penguin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is nonsensical. Banning backpacks is like taking pain killer for your toothache, but not going to a dentist.

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Salvador Figueroa
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A gun could easily be hidden in any of these replacements. There's probably a gun at the bottom of that Hello Kitty cart. The person that instituted this rule is an UTTER MORON and deserves all the ridicule. How is there never any checks on these school administrators.

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Aleksandra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe US should just ban schools? No schools - no school shootings

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Marcellus II
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah naively I thought "Probably the school banned backpacks because small kids put too much weight in them, damaging their still-growing skeletons"; we had such a problem when young (and books were plenty & heavy).

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Tam Taylor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just imagine a table of grown adults coming to this decision together truly believing it’s a great solution to the problem….. then I imagine the parents being like wtf?! And then stealing a shopping cart or loading their child’s books into a sled just for spite.

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Rachknits
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah let's ban backpacks rather than guns...makes so much sense

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Hannah Edwards
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hopefully the generation who have lost their backpacks will bring about sensible gun laws when they become adults.

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DanieLegz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is stupid. End of the day if someone really was crazy enough to want to bring a gun into school to shoot someone or for whatever reason then they will

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Robert Bailey
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, younger people are a lot better than some of us grownups. Oh, and this has to suck for the company selling bulletproof backpacks.

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Lady of the Mountains
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My school still allows backpacks, although the corresponding middle school has, in favor of zipper binders. another district has banned backpacks in their elementry and middle schools, after they had a shooting from a student in the middle school last year

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Carol Emory
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here is also an idea...how about giving students more than 10 minutes between classes so they can, idk, run to their locker and change out books for the next class without risking being late? I'm sure teachers would appreciate the break too.

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FABULOUS1
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well first the entire US did not ban backpacks, so they got the title wrong. Two this country is run by a bunch of jackasses who believe that protecting a unborn fetus is more important than protecting the living.

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My O My
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why don't they ban students in general? No students in school only school shootings by teachers

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Fried Green Frijolès
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I haven't read all comments, so my comment may have already been aired. If backpacks have to go, I think books should go too. Schools should put all textbooks on line and give students laptops. Clear backpacks also should be provided for personal items or perhaps, clear vests with pockets similar to those shower curtains and students required to wear skin tight or minimal clothing to make the school environments safe.

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Ashley Oleson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

School I went had banned backpacks, coats in the building, and purses. That was in place before I started school. This is not anything new.

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Brendan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America must be relieved. They can finally rest in peace.

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lil_gremlin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what would you use? i'd use one of those little pedal cars and put them in the trunk.

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Auntriarch
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cousin had a doll's version of a Silver Cross coach built pram. I would have borrowed that.

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Terilee Bruyere
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why am I just hearing about this now? My son's backpack is massive (has books, chromebook, binders, etc) and they don't even have lockers.

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Tracy Sellars
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kid brings guns to school so you don't ban guns you ban backpacks. Why not ban jeans, as they were probably wearing them or T Shirts. Ban anything than the item actually causing the issue. The US is so mentally deficient.

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Aria Whitaker
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But...the "US" did not do this...this ONE SCHOOL DID. If one school in one small town in France does something dumb...are we calling the entire country of France "mentally deficient"?....hmmm.

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Lara Verne
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They found gun hidden in backpack, they ban backpacks. Guns ban would be illogical.

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Jim Vick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny, now I can see why they made so you aren't allowed to use the word "retarded" either...

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Faith Hurst
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This whole thing is so tone deaf. There is a lot more to this than is being presented. No one bans backpacks without kids AND parents making it required. But hey pretend you know what it's happening as if the people were outside of the us.

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surprised pikachu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The amount of ignorance is astonishing. What about the school shootings in Russia? A guy just walked in with a gun and killed 18 people. There was another one, also in russia, where 8 children died!

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Marie
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Banning guns is as stupid as banning backpacks. Banning anything just means someone will find another way to cause harm (poison still exists, as do baskets). Not overloading teachers with 30 kids, so they can focus on each one individually, would solve a LOT of problems.

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The problem is you can never ban guns. Guns will still exist, there is no way to make them all disappear. So, if you ban them people will still break the law and use them like this. They are already breaking the law by using them this way. If you ban them, only criminals have them. Also the US is extremely relaxed on gun crimes. There have been people with guns illegally, used to murder people, and they spend 5 years or less in prison (New York and Chicago). It is insane. The problem is not the gun, knife, car ,truck or whatever is used to hurt people, it is the people and government.

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Susie Elle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's two ways to tackle a problem: assuming you can't solve it, and assuming you can. I mean, "Guns will still exist" is a pretty lousy reason to just let something go then. Would you say the same thing about diseases? A sickness will still exist, whether we find a cure or not, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't bother trying to find it.

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My middle school and high school didn't allow us to carry our backpacks around and that was in the late 90s and early '00. These kids are little terrors and I feel bad for their teachers. It's not that hard to carry stuff, I did it for seven years!

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You can't ban guns in the United States. This is coming from a liberal person but its not that simple. A lot of people think that difficult problems have easy solutions but, that is not the case. In Australia when they had a school shooting and an increase in gun related crimes they banned gun. It was that simple but in the US its not. Guns are an essential part of the American culture. The reason the US has so many guns is because of Britain. Upon colonization there was 2 main methods. The Spanish and Portuguese used an integration method to deal with the natives. They also had a large military presence. Britain and France did not have a large military presence and instead allowed and encouraged their colonist to own guns to kill the natives and take their land. This method continued in Manifest Destiny which last until around the 1870's. At that point the american gun culture existed for centuries. Now it is impossible to get rid of. You can't erase culture but, you can change it.

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Dilly Millandry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, come on. You've had 200 years to change things. About time excuses were stopped and action taken.

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It’s not really that most of the government doesn’t want to take away guns, it’s that they can’t. The right to bear arms is in the constitution.

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Carrie de Luka
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, they could. The right to bear arms was an amendment to the constitution, thus proving that it is definitely changeable. It's been changed many times and that amendment has been reinterpreted many times. I'm sure you know that, I'm saying it for those who might not.

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Good, law abiding citizens don't kill other people with guns! If you morons believe that then we must do away with guns, we must do away with knives, vehicles, drugs, anything you could strangle someone with. Move to a country that bans guns so you can feel safe.

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Dilly Millandry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, and seconds later after mentioning how stupid this argument is HERE IT IS! Guns, designed with ONLY killing in mind. Knives - more than one purpose (or do you not want to cut your food), vehicles - not designed with murder in mind, drugs - recreational, medical or what? Most not typically developed with death in mind. Ropes - for strangling maybe? Of course THEY never have another purpose. 🙄 Guns - designed purely to kill. Stupid effing argument. Of course good, law abiding citizens kill people. They might not have intended to but it happens.

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Monika Lachova
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

so, in case someone brings gun hidden under his/her clothes, will they ban clothes too?

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Pearl
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so sad. The school should ban guns, not BACKPACKS!

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Troux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The problem is that the US has embraced an endless supply of guns with minimal regulation, and the very unsurprising result is a huge number of stolen, unregistered or otherwise illegally obtained guns. If they banned guns, you'd get all of your law-abiding citizens turning them in, and then we'd be left with a whole lot of criminals more brazen than ever. Actually getting rid of guns in the US is much much much more than banning them. Unfortunately, too many US citizens think that the only solution to the problem is by adding to the problem. Basically it's a Mexican standoff with 330M participants. Of course EU nations generally don't have many illegal guns because they never went through a phase where they decided to flood the nation with more guns than people without any kind of accountability.

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David Andrews
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So they ban backpacks. Because that's the only things a gun can be in? Because a gun couldn't possibly be in any other container students use? Might as well just ban students from having that specific backpack or that colour of bag, logic will be just as effective as this ... Pointless move just so they can say they have done something, without addressing the actual issue

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Troux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just going from memory here, but I believe several of the major school shootings were executed by people who were not going through their normal school day - they showed up after it started and carried their weapons in trenchcoats and duffel bags, not concealed in backpacks. Often the weapons were too large for backpacks anyways. This rule really does nothing...

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N G
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"March 13 marks the 25th anniversary of the appalling shooting massacre at a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland. The death of 16 young children and their teacher was a horrifying moment in the UK. The tragedy ultimately prompted an almost total ban on the private ownership of handguns" ..........Since the ban there hasn't been any school shootings in the UK

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Emmydearest
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Banning backpacks to prevent schools shooting is like eating a 10.000 calories meal and then drinking diet coke instead of regular coke because regular coke is "bad for your health"...

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another rule brought to you by the same people who will not ban guns, but will ban proper sex ed and books. *sigh*

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sturmwesen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That country is so broken... Everywhere else you would ban weapons but nope...

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Daniel (ShadowDrakken)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about, and I know this is a radical idea, but how about we F'N DEAL WITH THE GUN PROBLEMS AND POVERTY INSTEAD OF BANNING BACKPACKS!

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Tequila4Two
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While this is crazy, I was more shocked by the reply "and it hasn't even been 4 months since our last school shooting" It almost sounds like a school shooting is a normal thing which you can expect on any school. This is a sad reality.

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Vicky Zar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... I think you actually can, there. Look up the number of Shootings they have per year.

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Hans
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, I recommend all books and learning materials are stored at the school, learning at home is banned. The school will be heated to tropical temperatures and everyone will have to learn in short underwear, only after a full body search of course. They also need to take an emetic when entering the school to make sure they have no firearms in their stomach. Did I mention the mandatory full body epilation to ensure nothing can be hidden beneath the hair? To counter any case of missed detection of a firearm, each teacher will be equipped with a grenade launcher, just in case. Our schools must be safe places to learn!

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Lucas
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like the learning at home part being banned. I hated homework!!

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing they are banning backpacks because the bullet proof ones can save lives.

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Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some in my country are so stupid that they wrongly believe their Second Amendment right trumps my unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Sadly, most of our politicians are this stupid as well.

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Amanda Reicha
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I hate how many stupid people we have here. My dad falls in the "you can't take my guns" category.

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Kevin Beard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a solution to the gun problem. Everytime there is a shooting, massive fines to the gun manufacturer used (if import, stop imports until the fine is paid), massive fines to the place that sold it. I know, you say, "but fining manufacturers will make gun prices go up too high and people won't be able to buy them." Okay, good. "Fining the business that sold it will make people not want to be sellers." Okay good, also solves the problem.

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Green Cabochon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If my middle school 20 years ago could figure out that clear backpacks existed, I don't know why this school hasn't. There are tons more options even because of the sports stadium bag rules. My middle school clear backpack had a yellow tint and a huge smiley face. lol

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N G
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is ridiculous, it would be better just to ban people from dying on school property

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kjorn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ah... can't do anything about banning gun but you can ban backpack... this country is run by morons!

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Alloydog
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For all those saying the guns should be banned, remember, the US constitution doesn't say anything about the right to have a backpack...

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It actually says the right to bear arms in a well-regulated militia ------ and it's not well regulated by any definition, no matter how you spin the rest of the Second. Oh, and nobody has a Constitutional right to kill, last I checked.

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RandomBeing
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love their reaction XD Whoever brought the sled is amazing

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Kenny Kulbiski
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is ridiculous! Just issue every student an AK 47 so they can defend themselves like red blooded Americans.

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Filipe Vieira
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be easier to just ban all the students instead of backpacks.

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Jay Broderick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can u imagine if it was smuggled in in their pants? "Ban pants!"

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Jaye Keith
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ban guns???? This is aMeRiCa!!!! Hush yo mouth! We have more guns per household than children or pets. I can live without my kids & pets, but my HK? No way. Sarcastic post for those who like to argue.

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Red Hair Blue Soul
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Soooo in TX adults can carry all the guns they want but kids can't have bags. Let them secede with all their stupidity!!!

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Jason Doakes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this isn't a sign of mental illness, I don't know what is. And I'm not being hyperbolic, these people need professional help.

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Jason Boyd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not sure where else in the developed world people feel they need guns to defend themselves from criminals. Also, the US gun figures show 60% of gun-related homicides are suicide and another 4% accidental homicide. However, it looks like most shootings are people with criminal records shooting other people with criminal records, not innocent civilians defending themselves. Also, it isn't assault rifles killing everyone - handguns account for 60-70% of deaths, rifles/shotguns/assault rifles for around 8-9% and the rest weren't specified. Final interesting data point - after 35 years, the chance that you shoot and kill someone plummets down to around 4 per 100,000 population compared to 25 per 100,000 for 18-24 year olds - how about we NEVER give a gun licence to people under 30 years?

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Watching
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's not forget all the parents that are fighting vaccine mandates and mask mandates are perfectly happy to have their children do active shooter drills in school. Republican logic.

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Tristan J
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Contrast this with North Korea, who provide all students with really high quality backpacks, and the designs are regularly updated following user feedback.

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Johnny
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But what about the bulletproof backpacks that some places sell? That's personal safety equipment. I wish I was making up "bulletproof backpacks", but it's a real thing. https://www.thehomesecuritysuperstore.com/collections/bulletproof-backpacks

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Thorfin Wolfsbane
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure i'm the only one who thinks this, but i'm glad kids aren't using backpacks here. I've seen x-rays of teenagers who already have degenerative disc disease in their low backs which will set them up for a lifetime of back pain conditions. #1 culprit? 50 pound backpacks and looking down at their desk 8 hours per day is not good for their necks.

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Mewton’s Third Paw
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn’t bad reasoning. I’ve heard that before too. I would have hated to not have a backpack in school though. Children need to be taught to prioritize and to use multiple bags as well. A student shouldn’t need to carry every book it uses home every day.

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Jerry Mathers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about they bring back lockers so our kids don't all end up with back problems

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Mazer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This mentality of closing the barn door AFTER the fox has gotten into the hen house is backwards thinking. As is acting in fear and making everyone else suffer because of the actions of one person. Welcome to the insanity of adult life.

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NWB
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Take a look at yourselves America, seriously, DO BETTER!

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Watching
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We are trying but the conservatives continue to cheat. They will literally kill people for power. And they have really proven it this last year.

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Mad Mar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And this just shows that gun owners need to really lock them up better or take the ammo away from the same location as the home. Clear plastic back packs or totes could be used but I do love malicious compliance these kids got creative af. Or maybe the school could have books accessible online so hard copies could be kept in the classrooms and e book readers could be used in library's or checked out for those that need them during school time. Books are heavy af too.

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Calypso poet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That cooler on wheels is more suspicious! The kids toys, like shopping carts are hilarious! I actually took a small duffel bag in H.S. Between all the books, gym clothes and change of shoes for snow I could have used a rolling suitcase! Then when I took cosmetology my locker was in the vocational annex plus I had to wear a uniform in cosmo, but my regular clothes for my classes on the other side of the building with 5 minutes between classes. There was no time for going to my locker so I had to carry all my books, notebooks etc. Also don't forget feminine products because there were none in the bathrooms. At least in cosmetology our teachers were lenient with using the locker/bathroom whenever we needed.

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Jocelyn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah, no. this is from a spirit day at high school "anything but a backpack" spirit day IMG_1683-6...14974e.jpg IMG_1683-6155f3314974e.jpg

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StellaLehggs
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is stupid. You know how many friggin textbooks I had to carry around in high school? I wouldn't have survived without a backpack.

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T.Milly
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why not switch to fully remote schooling for the foreseeable future. School shootings can't happen if no kids are in school.

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Joyce Blodgett
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apparently people living in other countries are unaware that the US manufactures the vast majority of the guns used in the world. There's no way Colt, Smith & Wesson, and Remington are going to allow guns to be banned. There are six other countries that produce guns that are high quality, but none have the sheer production numbers, and the overall quality of the guns made here. So, no, unfortunately, there will be no guns banned in the States. I used to be a good shooter myself until my son was killed in a hunting accident, and I can't stand the sight or sound of guns anymore. Sure, I'd love to see all weapons banned---but I'd rather see all criminals, no matter their stupidity of choice, put out of commission instead.

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GreenBean
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would hide a gun in my pants They could not reach down there Without it being weird

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j miller
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I bet the school district completely ignored WHY the student felt the need to have a gun in her bag! Was she being bullied? A loner not fitting in with others? Angry at someone for whatever reason? Maybe addressing the issue would help more students than making a weird rule that impacts entire schools!

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Chris Sprucefield
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will cherish the day they make blatant and wanton stupidity a criminal offense...

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Fikri Fikri
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lmao if people want to sneak a gun in theyd find a way, backpack is the least of your concern

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Joe Bloe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are 4 items above that could easily conceal a weapon. The premise of banning backpacks is to 'prevent' hidden offensive weapons to be transported into schools. Under this premise, the principle is 'concealment' - it should have ZERO logical and exclusive attachment to a 'bag' as the sole means of covert transport. The simple solution is to render all homework digital, give students access to PDF versions of textbooks and ensure exclusive on-premises use of physical papers/textbooks and stationery. It never ceases to amaze me just how utterly stupid 'leadership' is all over the world.

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in.love.with.taylor.swift
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

actually i go to high school in texas and no schools i know of near me have banned backpacks

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Zet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

BAckPAcKS ARE dAnGeRous!!! .... BANN ALL BACKPACKS! - meanwhile they sell guns at Walmart.

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XLucy1217
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"it hasn't even been 4 months since our last school shooting" yay america. also in my school, we can bring backpacks in but they have to stay in our lockers at all times.

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im.bored.person
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

so texas is gonna ban bookbags before they tighten gun restrictions...

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Mama Penguin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is nonsensical. Banning backpacks is like taking pain killer for your toothache, but not going to a dentist.

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Salvador Figueroa
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A gun could easily be hidden in any of these replacements. There's probably a gun at the bottom of that Hello Kitty cart. The person that instituted this rule is an UTTER MORON and deserves all the ridicule. How is there never any checks on these school administrators.

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Aleksandra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe US should just ban schools? No schools - no school shootings

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Marcellus II
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah naively I thought "Probably the school banned backpacks because small kids put too much weight in them, damaging their still-growing skeletons"; we had such a problem when young (and books were plenty & heavy).

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Tam Taylor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just imagine a table of grown adults coming to this decision together truly believing it’s a great solution to the problem….. then I imagine the parents being like wtf?! And then stealing a shopping cart or loading their child’s books into a sled just for spite.

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Rachknits
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah let's ban backpacks rather than guns...makes so much sense

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Hannah Edwards
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hopefully the generation who have lost their backpacks will bring about sensible gun laws when they become adults.

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DanieLegz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is stupid. End of the day if someone really was crazy enough to want to bring a gun into school to shoot someone or for whatever reason then they will

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Robert Bailey
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, younger people are a lot better than some of us grownups. Oh, and this has to suck for the company selling bulletproof backpacks.

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Lady of the Mountains
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My school still allows backpacks, although the corresponding middle school has, in favor of zipper binders. another district has banned backpacks in their elementry and middle schools, after they had a shooting from a student in the middle school last year

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Carol Emory
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here is also an idea...how about giving students more than 10 minutes between classes so they can, idk, run to their locker and change out books for the next class without risking being late? I'm sure teachers would appreciate the break too.

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FABULOUS1
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well first the entire US did not ban backpacks, so they got the title wrong. Two this country is run by a bunch of jackasses who believe that protecting a unborn fetus is more important than protecting the living.

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My O My
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why don't they ban students in general? No students in school only school shootings by teachers

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Fried Green Frijolès
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I haven't read all comments, so my comment may have already been aired. If backpacks have to go, I think books should go too. Schools should put all textbooks on line and give students laptops. Clear backpacks also should be provided for personal items or perhaps, clear vests with pockets similar to those shower curtains and students required to wear skin tight or minimal clothing to make the school environments safe.

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Ashley Oleson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

School I went had banned backpacks, coats in the building, and purses. That was in place before I started school. This is not anything new.

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Brendan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America must be relieved. They can finally rest in peace.

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lil_gremlin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what would you use? i'd use one of those little pedal cars and put them in the trunk.

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Auntriarch
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cousin had a doll's version of a Silver Cross coach built pram. I would have borrowed that.

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Terilee Bruyere
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why am I just hearing about this now? My son's backpack is massive (has books, chromebook, binders, etc) and they don't even have lockers.

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Tracy Sellars
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kid brings guns to school so you don't ban guns you ban backpacks. Why not ban jeans, as they were probably wearing them or T Shirts. Ban anything than the item actually causing the issue. The US is so mentally deficient.

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Aria Whitaker
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But...the "US" did not do this...this ONE SCHOOL DID. If one school in one small town in France does something dumb...are we calling the entire country of France "mentally deficient"?....hmmm.

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Lara Verne
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They found gun hidden in backpack, they ban backpacks. Guns ban would be illogical.

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Jim Vick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny, now I can see why they made so you aren't allowed to use the word "retarded" either...

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Linda HS
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2 years ago

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Faith Hurst
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This whole thing is so tone deaf. There is a lot more to this than is being presented. No one bans backpacks without kids AND parents making it required. But hey pretend you know what it's happening as if the people were outside of the us.

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2 years ago

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surprised pikachu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The amount of ignorance is astonishing. What about the school shootings in Russia? A guy just walked in with a gun and killed 18 people. There was another one, also in russia, where 8 children died!

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Marie
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2 years ago

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Banning guns is as stupid as banning backpacks. Banning anything just means someone will find another way to cause harm (poison still exists, as do baskets). Not overloading teachers with 30 kids, so they can focus on each one individually, would solve a LOT of problems.

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Anita Pickle
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2 years ago

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The problem is you can never ban guns. Guns will still exist, there is no way to make them all disappear. So, if you ban them people will still break the law and use them like this. They are already breaking the law by using them this way. If you ban them, only criminals have them. Also the US is extremely relaxed on gun crimes. There have been people with guns illegally, used to murder people, and they spend 5 years or less in prison (New York and Chicago). It is insane. The problem is not the gun, knife, car ,truck or whatever is used to hurt people, it is the people and government.

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Susie Elle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's two ways to tackle a problem: assuming you can't solve it, and assuming you can. I mean, "Guns will still exist" is a pretty lousy reason to just let something go then. Would you say the same thing about diseases? A sickness will still exist, whether we find a cure or not, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't bother trying to find it.

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Katrina Leitkowski
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2 years ago

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My middle school and high school didn't allow us to carry our backpacks around and that was in the late 90s and early '00. These kids are little terrors and I feel bad for their teachers. It's not that hard to carry stuff, I did it for seven years!

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Duncan Caruk
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2 years ago (edited)

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You can't ban guns in the United States. This is coming from a liberal person but its not that simple. A lot of people think that difficult problems have easy solutions but, that is not the case. In Australia when they had a school shooting and an increase in gun related crimes they banned gun. It was that simple but in the US its not. Guns are an essential part of the American culture. The reason the US has so many guns is because of Britain. Upon colonization there was 2 main methods. The Spanish and Portuguese used an integration method to deal with the natives. They also had a large military presence. Britain and France did not have a large military presence and instead allowed and encouraged their colonist to own guns to kill the natives and take their land. This method continued in Manifest Destiny which last until around the 1870's. At that point the american gun culture existed for centuries. Now it is impossible to get rid of. You can't erase culture but, you can change it.

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Dilly Millandry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, come on. You've had 200 years to change things. About time excuses were stopped and action taken.

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2 years ago

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It’s not really that most of the government doesn’t want to take away guns, it’s that they can’t. The right to bear arms is in the constitution.

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Carrie de Luka
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, they could. The right to bear arms was an amendment to the constitution, thus proving that it is definitely changeable. It's been changed many times and that amendment has been reinterpreted many times. I'm sure you know that, I'm saying it for those who might not.

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2 years ago

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Good, law abiding citizens don't kill other people with guns! If you morons believe that then we must do away with guns, we must do away with knives, vehicles, drugs, anything you could strangle someone with. Move to a country that bans guns so you can feel safe.

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Dilly Millandry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, and seconds later after mentioning how stupid this argument is HERE IT IS! Guns, designed with ONLY killing in mind. Knives - more than one purpose (or do you not want to cut your food), vehicles - not designed with murder in mind, drugs - recreational, medical or what? Most not typically developed with death in mind. Ropes - for strangling maybe? Of course THEY never have another purpose. 🙄 Guns - designed purely to kill. Stupid effing argument. Of course good, law abiding citizens kill people. They might not have intended to but it happens.

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