In the days following the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy, the NRA offered no reasonable solutions for our national gun violence crisis. And now, a coalition of gun groups have organized a day to honor guns. The deaths of thousands of Americans from gun violence is no joke. NRA, Gun Appreciation Day is offensive and wrong, and you need to condemn it!

WE WON!!! Iowa DOT reversed course and will issue driver’s licenses to young immigrants ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Director Paul Trombino and the Iowa Department of Transportation recently announced that they will not issue state IDs or driver’s licenses to immigrants who qualify for work permits under President Obama's new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Granting driver’s license to DACA applicants is good for public safety and this decision is an unacceptable attack on Iowa's immigrant community. Director Trombino is playing politics with the lives of young Iowans. Even the American Civil Liberties Union believes that state officials should be granting driver’s licenses and state ID cards to these immigrants. We demand that Director Trombino reverse his decision to deny driver's licenses to those who have been granted work permits under the new DACA program.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been without a full time Director for over six years. As a retired supervisory ATF agent and gun owner, I find this problematic as we try to agree upon new sensible laws and regulations.

Changing the culture of our country to rethink about guns. Letting the government know that there are people in our country who want to see restrictions on all guns for the civilian population.

State Senator Dennis Kruse that "may require the recitation of the Lord's Prayer at the beginning of each school day."

The Pennsylvania ruling republican house & senate passed a shell bill effectively eliminating General Assistance Benefits to ten's of thousands of Pennsylvanians. It is more than a loss of $102.50 it is also a loss of a way for those most in need to show a 'proof of income'.

True news reporting is not personal opinions. Everyone has a right to their own opinion. But biased views should not be passed off as facts.

Too many innocent people have died needlessly from guns in America. Gun owners, lobbyists and manufacturers put all Americans at risk by refusing to allow intelligent gun control. The NRA and those who profit from guns continuously distort the meaning of the 2nd Amendment. More American do not own guns than do. We can pass this Repeal, quickly, and then Congress will be free to debate and pass fair and meaningful Gun Control Legislation without infringing upon our Constitution in any way.

Cooperation, Community, Participation, Shared Sacrifice, Broad life experience, all strengthen both the individual and the groups to which we belong. Citizens of the United States are part of a group to which we owe allegiance, duties, and responsibilities. Many of us have strengthened ourselves and our country by volunteering for such organizations as the military, the Peace Corps, VISTA, Doctors without Borders, World Vision, the Red Cross, local volunteer fire departments, etc. We would all benefit if such efforts were greatly expanded by offering volunteers appropriate benefits as living allowances, deferral/reduction of student loans, medical coverage, college credits towards professional licenses, social security credits, etc. The value of such benefits should be proportional to length and type of service. Such benefits and opportunities for service might be especially suitable for people near the beginning or end of their normal working career. Organizations for volunteer service need not be federally run, but would exchange federal support for some federal supervision in the same way that tax exempt charities must observe certain regulations.

We, the citizens of the world, recommend that President Obama work with the United Nations and other international Organizations to: 1.Make sure fundamental rights of all children on this planet regardless of race or creed are respected e.g. access to health services, food and education. 2.Work on and promote programs for a nuclear free world, addressing climate change and international peace.

Some American Citizens decided to sign on a petition to the White House to deport CNN British anchor Piers Morgan. He has been actively using his airtime to promote gun regulation particular only to semi/full automatic weapons such as the ones used at Sandy Hook Elementary. For this, he has been accused of wanting to prevent American citizens from their second amendment right: the right to bear arms.

We need Amendment 43 (definition of a marriage as being only between one man and one woman) repealed. Colorado is not a backwards state, and we do not have a record of being on the wrong side of history.