Parkland students, as a result of the tragedy that occurred on campus, are forced to endure a new set of regulations on their safety. Namely, every student is required to wear a see-through backpack, to expose any potentially malicious materials inside. The bags remain a constant reminder of the massacre that occurred within the halls not even two months prior. Some students feel struck, and forced to lose their right to privacy as well as their friends. However, the Parkland students seem adept at finding ways to turn patronization into protest. Many attach a price tag to the bag, that symbolizes that price tag the NRA puts on each one of their lives, and that they won't be reduced to a cash option. The backpack backlash poses a fair question, should students have to actively worry about their safety and security during the learning process? It seems that, at Parkland, the student body is being forced to become more intensely focused on their own well-being while at work in the classroom. To some, it even seems ironic, considering the gunman was not a student at the time of the attack. This, among many other issues, is one that can be quelled by the introduction of modernized gun laws. We still have yet to see congress manage countrywide legislation on this pressing issue. Someone needs to take a stand, and it looks like it has to be the students.
Original Story: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/us/marjory-stoneman-douglas-clear-backpacks/index.html
I think it's important for the students to voice their opinions and protest, as they currently are. Along with these protests comes the question of lowering the voting age. Teenagers are now very politically active, so I think that the voting age should be lowered to 16.
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