New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was met by a large crowd of gun control protesters when he arrived in Greenwich, Connecticut on Monday.

Some 200 protesters gathered in front of a GOP fund raising event attended by Christie, voicing anger and outrage over Christie's vetoing of a gun control bill that would reduce ammunition magazine capacity from 15 rounds to ten.

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In place of the bill, the governor called for an improved mental health that would make voluntary admission easier for the public, according to the Associated Press.

Newtown mom Katherine Morosky and 7-year-old daughter Marie carried a sign that read, "Stop Playing Politics, Children's Lives are Not Trivial, Fewer Bullets Save Lives."

It was in obvious reference to Christie's remarks after he rejected the bill, calling it a "trivial" and "simplistic" solution to the nation's violence problem.

Morosky noted that although mental health is also an issue, the fact couldn't be denied that lower magazine capacity would mean a shooter would have to reload more often, thereby giving victim's a greater chance to escape.

She added that it was important to limit access of high-capacity magazines to sufferers of mental illness that could "kill 25 people in five minutes."

The demonstration, led by the Connecticut Against Gun Violence group, claimed Connecticut as one of the states with strong gun laws that boasted a sixth-lowest gun death rate in the country.

"Smart gun laws work and are important," said the group's executive director, Ron Pinciaro.

Earlier in the day, Newtown voter Richard Boritz had approached Christie and asked how he planned to deal with violence without reducing access to high-capacity magazines.

Christie said that addressing mass violence in the country should not involve "headline-grabbing" gun control bills, pointing out instead the need for an improved mental health system which he attributed as the underlying cause for a number of mass shoot-outs in recent years.

While he had personally met with the families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting last year, he saw no need to meet with them again after they had attempted to talk to him after the veto earlier this month.

He said that while people may disagree with him, he acknowledges their "prerogative to do so and to express themselves," but stands by his decision that he felt was best. He said he has "nothing but sympathy" for the bereaved families but believed that the bill would not be effective in stemming violence in New Jersey.

"It's a difference of opinion, but it's nothing personal," he added.

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