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KD5NRH wrote:

bnc wrote:

glock27 wrote:how did they determine to search his backpack in the first place?

They probably ran some dogs through the school to sniff. When I was in high school (low school is more like it) we had mandatory pep rallies where you were not allowed to bring your backpack if you wanted to study and the girls could not bring their purses. Of course, when we got back to class there would be dog fur and slobber on the back packs and purses. I'm sure the school thought they were really slick, disguising a drug/bomb sweep as a pep rally and all.

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glock27 wrote:how did they determine to search his backpack in the first place?

Always a detail... Sorry, I am not 100% on the "discovery" however I suspect they have random checks of the bags. It is a private school and I am not up on the policies. The whole thing for me is how something innocent can get out of hand in a hurry. Like leaving a live round in a shooting jacket and deciding to "carry on" a bag at the last minute.

Once I packed a pocket knife in a tennis shoe in my bag to be checked. My wife needed room for something of hers and move my shoes to my carry on pack. TSA was giving the bag a HARD look when the asked "Do you have a knife in there?" I went white and told her I didn't mean to but that it was possible I forgot to check the "Sharps" portion of my first aid kit.....She said no it looks like a cork screw/knife in a shoe....I pulled out the shoes and knew what had happend and they didn't delay me and even asked if I wanted to check or mail the knife home. It could have been worse.....

After the "liquids" restrictions on flights, I now have a special bag that the 1st aid supplies H3O, Iodine, sharps all go in. Along with that I have a small bag where choke tubes, knives, tactical flash light, batteries all go that I pack last to make sure there are no surprizes in my carry on. That way when I get to the hunt or the hike...I just make sure my two "special" sacks get back in the pack and I am good to go.

My nephew took his school back pack to his dad's deer lease and did some plinking this summer.

The school called home and wanted to discuss what they found in the pack last week. One spent .223 shell and one live round.
I think they were inadvertantly left in the bag by the child and that was the official story but the bottom line was they were in the pack.

I'll spare the details of the treatment of the child and the parental response but suffice it to say had it not been a private school, there could have been some serious issues. The Zero Tolerance climate we live in now could have turned this into a really big deal.


Moral of the story: Don't use the day to day school packs for "other uses!" Seriously consider a separate pack for extracurricular activities.

On this same note, with hunting season coming up, remember that Mexico is ruthless with it's restriction on the smuggling of military arms. A single .308 or .223 round left in a bag or on the floor of a vehicle taken across the border is a Felony and have serious, lasting implications on your life and USA gun rights.


Be safe and double check the bags!