The Garden State continues to lead the nation in the practice of unannounced school shooter drills, according to the New Jersey Department of Education.
The idea was in development for a year, first as a campaign promise of Gov. Phil Murphy, who said the work accelerated after the Florida school shooting.
Students in several New Jersey schools walked out of class on Wednesday to quietly commemorate the one week anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
In the wake of the tragic school shooting in Parkland, FL, Gov. Phil Murphy says a coordinated, multi-level effort is underway to improve security at New Jersey schools.
The president of the New Jersey Second Amendment Society believes training and arming teachers is the best way to be prepared for mass shootings in schools.
NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says, "New Jersey’s law should be clear – private citizens should not be able to carry weapons based on mere generalized fear."
Carly Novell, 17, said on Twitter that she hid in a closet for two hours while Nikolas Cruz shot up her school, killing 17. She said her grandfather had a similar experience in 1949 when Howard Unruh's "Walk of Death" through Camden killed 13 people.