Calls Support for Kavanaugh Threat to Common Sense Gun Safety
New Brunswick, NJ – The New Jersey student leader for “March for Our Lives,” the national movement that sprang up in the wake of the deadly Parkland, Fla., school shooting, today sounded the alarm about greedy drug company CEO Bob Hugin’s support of Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court nominee’s extreme interpretation of the Second Amendment.
“Bob Hugin’s support of Kavanaugh and his gun record should alarm New Jersey voters, though it shouldn’t come as a surprise when Hugin has donated hundreds of thousands to NRA-backed candidates and failed during a recent press conference to take a clear stance on banning assault weapons and weapons of mass murder,” wrote Zachary Dougherty, a student at Toms River North High School, in an op-ed posted to the Ocean County Politics website.
Dougherty cited Kavanaugh’s record on guns and support from the NRA, which called Kavanaugh an “outstanding choice.”
“Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court puts at stake the future of common sense gun safety regulation that the overwhelming majority of Americans support,” Dougherty continued. “Make no mistake, his ascension to the court would hinder our efforts to curb the proliferation of guns across the country, and protect our schools, churches and other public places.”
Bob Menendez is one of the leading advocates in Congress for sensible gun safety reform. He supports reinstating the 1994 assault weapons ban, a measure he voted for while serving in the House of Representatives. He is the author of legislation banning high capacity magazines and has cosponsored bills to enhance universal background checks, ban bump stocks and other devices that turn semi-automatic weapons into machine guns, and prevent those on the terrorist No Fly list from buying a firearm. The Senator has recently led the charge to block the online dissemination of specs to create 3D printable guns that are undetectable and untraceable.
“Voters cannot allow Hugin to stand on the sidelines on important matters like banning assault weapons; they must continue asking questions until we get real answers,” stated Dougherty.
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