2nd Amendment Group Offers Free Gun Training To Lacey Students

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ - The New Jersey Second Amendment Society is offering a free firearms safety and gun training day to interested students in the Lacey Township school district.

The offer comes after two tumultuous Lacey Board of Education meeting where angry audience members slammed school administrators and board members over the apparent in-school suspension of two advanced placement students, who some say were punished because they posted photos of firearms taken at a gun range on a social media page.

Several representatives from gun rights groups also went to the microphone during the public portion of the March 19 meeting, including Alexander Roubian, President of the NJ2AS.

"No school board should become a left-wing propaganda machine," he said at the meeting.

But things seemed to have calmed down since then.

"After speaking to the superintendent several times, the school board and the principal, NJ2AS is confident we are going to develop a long standing relationship to work together and not against each other," according to a post on the organization's website. "This is why it is important to not always come out guns blazing and threaten costly litigation as an initial reaction."

The free training event will be offered to the first 100 Lacey students who register. To register, go to the groups website, scroll down to the bottom, fill out the form and hit send.

Safety training, firearm instruction, firearm rentals, ammunition, targets, range time and a catered lunch will be offered, at an estimated cost of $300.

School administrators, teachers, and family are also invited.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 20 at the Union Hill Gun Club, 8 Union Hill Road in Monroe Township.

The gun club offered the services and its facilities free of charge.

Photo: Courtesy of Lacey Township School District, Lacey Board of Education