All students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High must now use clear backpacks

Zipzo · Mar 23, 2018

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/newsbeat-43499045

Students at the Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead last month are being asked to wear clear backpacks.

School officials have written to families of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High pupils outlining the plans as part of new security measures.

They said any student without a clear rucksack would be given one at no cost.

But some pupils say it does nothing to tackle the issue of gun control.

As well as introducing the backpacks, there will also be airport-style metal detectors and school visitors will be funnelled through special gates.

As you can imagine, this new policy isn't going over too well with students...

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Personally I think this is pretty ridiculous.

Occam · Mar 23, 2018

Clear clothes when?

xxracerxx · Mar 23, 2018

Get the fuck out of here.

Steeped in a Sea of Games · Mar 23, 2018

Hmm. My son (4 yrs old) already uses one of those because he thought it was cool. We put stickers all over it. For some reason that makes this incredibly depressing move feel sort of hilarious to me on a personal basis.

est1992 · Mar 23, 2018

It's almost laughable at the lengths they'll go just so they can keep their guns

Brakke · Mar 23, 2018

eat shit. principals are worse than cops.

Psamtik · Mar 23, 2018

Yeah, I don't think they have to worry about anyone stuffing an AR-15 into a backpack

Just keep weaving around the fact that semi-automatic rifles make killing so easy that one 19-year-old idiot with an AR-15 killed more people than the Unabomber, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Austin parcel bombings, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and the Olympic Park bombing combined.

Titik · Mar 23, 2018

Why not just have check points and metal detectors like airports as well?

Serene · Mar 23, 2018

Anything but gun reform

ANYTHING

Loudninja · Mar 23, 2018

They can still hide the gun in those you fools.

starpower · Mar 23, 2018

Do AR15s even fit in a backpack?

Deleted member 15737 · Mar 23, 2018

Make sure the guns the teachers bring in are see through.

Chaosblade · Mar 23, 2018

Clear or mesh backpacks were mandatory when I was in high school. That was shortly after Columbine even though it was on the other side of the country.

Can't say I saw the point in it.

Raiku · Mar 23, 2018

The fuck am I reading

M. Wallace · Mar 23, 2018

What if they carry a gun in a holster?

Nude_Tayne · Mar 23, 2018

you did it. you solved the school shooting problem.

Deleted member 2802 · Mar 23, 2018

starpower said:
Do AR15s even fit in a backpack?

Yeah, but you'd need an oversize special bag

Laser Man · Mar 23, 2018

Better than a laundry basket I guess... now clear laundry baskets... that's the real solution!

starpower · Mar 23, 2018

Huh. Thanks for the info,shira

wisdom0wl · Mar 23, 2018

Amalthea · Mar 23, 2018

Titik said:
Why not just have check points and metal detectors like airports as well?

Who the fuck wants to spend that much to protect children? /s

Mr. President · Mar 23, 2018

Can't they just put the gun between two books?

Link · Mar 23, 2018

Titik said:
Why not just have check points and metal detectors like airports as well?

Did you miss that part?

As well as introducing the backpacks, there will also be airport-style metal detectors and school visitors will be funnelled through special gates.

starpower · Mar 23, 2018

Amalthea said:
Who the fuck wants to spend that much to protect children? /s

That would be overkill too, when there is one solution everyone here knows would work but.. you kno

Edit: ughhh

Deleted member 2802 · Mar 23, 2018

Marcellus Wallace said:
What if they carry a gun in a holster?

Airport style metal detectors.

I guess you could chance it and see if a Glock can make it through.

Then they would probably need Airport style xray machines

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FireSafetyBear · Mar 23, 2018

Might as well make em naked so you can keep your guns safe

Deleted member 8166 · Mar 23, 2018

this seems so crazy to me. like they'll try EVERYTHING except for the best solution.

thefit · Mar 23, 2018

Growing up in south central LA in the 80's/90's this was normal policy along with metal detectors, armed police and strict mandatory school ID and opening all bags before entering every day felt like we where entering a prison. Sucks that the rest of the country is headed this way but its this or do something about guns and we know that's not happening.

Eduardo Corrochio · Mar 23, 2018

This is moronic.

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LQX · Mar 23, 2018

For some reason this seems more odd to me than just having metal detectors. I guess because metal detectors is something I got use to being that I went to school in NY.

FireSafetyBear · Mar 23, 2018

And it's funny cause this wouldn't have stopped the shooter

Didn't he just walk in? Wasn't even a student at the time.

Rob · Mar 23, 2018

When I went to middle school/high school, we were required to have clear or mesh backpacks. That was back in '97.

Zipzo · Mar 23, 2018

shira said:
Airport style metal detectors.

I guess you could chance it and see if a Glock can make it through.

Then they would probably need Airport style xray machines

And airport style budgets.

Kain-Nosgoth · Mar 23, 2018

youu can still hide a gun easily in this... pointless and stupid

ISOM · Mar 23, 2018

This is so stupid. The kid could just stay home the day of a shooting and come into the school guns blazing. So dumb.

Deleted member 19218 · Mar 23, 2018

Don't get angry. Why is everyone laughing at the school trying to minimise risk?

The principal and faculty are not politicians, they have no power to change gun laws. This change no matter how small is better than nothing and it's probably all they can do.

Instead of mocking the school maybe we should realise this is the limit of their power and therefore we need to apply more pressure onto the government.

Chris McQueen · Mar 23, 2018

Fucking hell. This is sad.

jerf · Mar 23, 2018

and if the shooter isn't a student?

FireSafetyBear · Mar 23, 2018

Kuma Bear said:
Don't get angry. Why is everyone laughing at the school trying to minimise risk?

The principal and faculty are not politicians, they have no power to change gun laws. This change no matter how small is better than nothing and it's probably all they can do.

Instead of mocking the school maybe we should realise this is the limit of their power and therefore we need to apply more pressure onto the government.

Maybe because they had armed police officers that stood around but somehow clear backpacks will do a better job

Angry Grimace · Mar 23, 2018

I can't envision some scenario in which I let my kid return to attending the school.

Zipzo · Mar 23, 2018

Kuma Bear said:
Don't get angry. Why is everyone laughing at the school trying to minimise risk?

The principal and faculty are not politicians, they have no power to change gun laws. This change no matter how small is better than nothing and it's probably all they can do.

Instead of mocking the school maybe we should realise this is the limit of their power and therefore we need to apply more pressure onto the government.

I don't think depriving students of what little privacy they have on a school campus is really a good answer to any of the problems they are seeking to solve, especially when it's not proven to be effective.

Dai101 · Mar 23, 2018

Transparent books when?

kansai_mish · Mar 23, 2018

A waste of money and basically a slap in the face.
Good job, you spineless pieces of garbage.

Deleted member 2802 · Mar 23, 2018

FireSafetyBear said:
And it's funny cause this wouldn't have stopped the shooter

Didn't he just walk in? Wasn't even a student at the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting#Shooting
Yep, he was recognized too

Seductivpancakes · Mar 23, 2018

How's that going to stop someone who's just gonna stroll right up to the metal detectors, shoot the guards and go on a rampage?

How's that going to stop someone who just waits around until end of the day when all the kids are leaving?

How about gun reforms? Too unrealistic?

Deleted member 19218 · Mar 23, 2018

Zipzo said:
I don't think depriving students of what little privacy they have on a school campus is really a good answer to any of the problems they are seeking to solve, especially when it's not proven to be effective.

FireSafetyBear said:
Maybe because they had armed police officers that stood around but somehow clear backpacks will do a better job

It's not perfect but instead of ridicule we should have pity. It's sad, maybe the school feels let down by the government, maybe they too want stricter gun laws but sadly they are in the same position as the students and there's not much they can do.

Nacho · Mar 23, 2018

Lol what. How does this solve anything. You think the guy who shot up the school was carrying around the guns in his backpack?

subpar spatula · Mar 23, 2018

I wonder if the US knows the rest of the world is collectively laughing at them?

rubidium · Mar 23, 2018

Someone would eventually come up with transparent guns..

Creation_Scapes · Mar 23, 2018

The middle school I went to had airport x ray machines, pat downs, clear bags amongst all other kinds of crazy stuff.

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