Gun rights
advocates are sending a message to lawmakers following the Texas
school shooting -- stop exploiting children.
In reaction to the
walkouts that took place around the state Thursday, the New Jersey Second
Amendment Society says the country should be mourning.
The group
advocates for safe and responsible firearm use.
Its president
believes trained gun owners should be allowed to carry on school property, and
calls banning them an act of violence by disarming the innocent.
"These
students and these schools should have same protection as hypocrites like Gov.
Murphy has. While he surrounds himself with armed guards and bodyguards, he
tells everyone else no one needs a gun and that schools should be gun-free
zones," says Alex Roubian, with the New Jersey Second Amendment Society
Roubian says gun
violence is less likely in places that do have armed guards, such as courts,
jewelry stores and banks -- and that schools deserve the same, if not more
protection.