Stoneman Douglas High School

The NJ chapter of the NRA is threatening to sue Lacey Township's school district over a policy that prohibits students from possessing weapons on or off school grounds during the school year.

Students around New Jersey walked out of class as part of the National School Walkout Day on the one month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Following February's Florida school shooting that took the lives of 17 people, Galloway Councilman Frank Santo has proposed a kindness campaign encouraging students to reach out to a classmate and make a new friend.

Shane Steele threatened to shoot up a "March For Our Lives" rally, which calls for stricter gun laws, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

Stafford Township Police say seven students, all age 11 or 12, were charged Wednesday with making terroristic threats following two incidents where threats were made to shoot-up a school by them become active shooters.

New Jersey gets high marks for gun safety in a new ranking of states by San Francisco-based Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which grades and ranks each state on the strength of its gun laws.

Following the rally, participants will march to the State House and "pack the galleries," where the state Assembly and Senate are expected to vote on a flurry of gun-related bills.

The New Jersey chapter of the ACLU said it would intervene if students were punished more severely for a political protest than a similar offense.

A report of a man shooting a gun near a school in Galloway Township yesterday prompted a major reaction from area law enforcement and school personnel.

Arming teachers with weapons in their classroom to defend themselves and students from a gunman has been suggested by President Donald Trump as one possible detriment to gun violence in schools.