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In reply to the discussion: God, this is it. Police state. [View all]MichMary
(1,714 posts)24. I'm not all that angry about
a stupid backpack policy.
All the talk about laws and restrictions, etc. would have done nothing to prevent the Parkland attack. On the other hand, if Cruz had walked into the school with a weapon clearly visible in a clear backpack, someone would have stopped him. Hopefully. If the "School Resource Officer" had been willing to do his job.
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Does he accept it as normal?Has he ever known the exquisite feeling of being considered trustworthy?
DemocracyMouse
Apr 2018
#2
Like the one that had 65M people voting for one candidate but the one with lesser votes 'won'?
ck4829
Apr 2018
#26
If they really wanted to be safe, they'd install metal detectors on the school buses
Blue_Adept
Apr 2018
#12
Clear backpacks + metal detectors are not what the constitution means by a "well regulated militia"
DemocracyMouse
Apr 2018
#17