Louisiana is one step closer to allowing bulletproof backpacks

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Louisiana is one step closer to allowing bulletproof backpacks

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A Louisiana Senate Judiciary Committee moved forward legislation Monday (March 26) that would allow students to carry bulletproof backpacks into schools, something that is not permitted under current law. The full Senate will consider the legislation now.

"What a sad world this is," said Sen. Mike Walsworth, R-West Monroe, the sponsor of the legislation. "Do we want to do this? No. I don't think any of us want to sit here and say our kids are in danger."

Louisiana law currently prohibits the wearing or possession of body armor on school property or at school functions. Walsworth said he doesn't know why the law was originally passed, but he speculated that lawmakers assumed body armor would only have been used by those who wanted to do the students' harm years ago.

Source and more: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/03/louisiana_bulletproof_backpack.html
 
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