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by nguoi 2386 days ago
That's a poor comparison though. Both of the others provide other benefits: a method of commuting to school or exercise. Potentially even scholarships.

Fashionable backpacks do nothing.

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Imagine you're a teenage girl and you need to carry sanitary products with you. I imagine that for some of them this is essentially a nightmare scenario. That's a direct harm to kids.
This is a good point and I hope they can work around it (such as by allowing small opaque bags inside the bag).
At which point the clear outer bag is defeated.
Freedom from arbitrary restrictions does something.
Welcome to mandatory education
Seems like you agree with me that this has nothing to do with guns and everything to do with the dysfunction of the school system.