Congressman Smith met with Freehold Township High School students (from left) Victoria Varlack, Joshua Eiger and Riya Prasad, all of Manalapan Township, before the "March for Our Lives" rally on Saturday in Freehold they organized to bring attention to gun violence in our schools and our nation. Rep. Smith and the students shared views about legislation, the Second Amendment, Congress and related matters.
Rep. Smith issued the following statement after the meeting:
“Although the spending bill that the House passed this week included positive steps for school safety—like funding to strengthen our national gun background check system and for prevention measures at schools like properly trained security personnel—more must be done to protect our students.
“I have long supported common-sense gun legislation such as ending the gun show/private sale loophole and a ban on assault weapons, and I will continue supporting such measures in the name of public safety.
“What happened in Parkland must never happen again—there is no higher priority for us right now than school safety.”
