Assault weapons fire many rounds in just seconds, slaughtering many with just one click!! These kinds of guns need to be removed from society.

Gun safety and to rid the US of guns not for personal hunting.

Something needs to be done to Illegalize the use of firearms by the mentally ill. It needs to be a Felony to teach mentally ill to shoot and operate a firearm. There are NO laws against this.

No more red tape, no verbal warnings after the first day of school- more often than not, we've heard all kinds of stories about students being harassed and bullied at school and we've also heard all kinds of stories about school leaders doing absolutely nothing to stop it. Not anymore- it's time to take a real hard-line stance toward bullying and harassment in schools, because bullying and harassment in schools lead to fights and bloodshed, and it also leads to police/sheriff's deputies being called in to defuse the situation. It's time to stop this at it's source by making available forms of formal student complaints outside the principal's office to make a written complaint about a student that is harassing him/her, and that complainant will be required to sign the formal complaint on the spot in the presence of a school administrator. Also, all schools should have a polygraph administrator to test students, who deny their roles in the incidents. The bottom line is, if that student admits to their roles, their suspension will be relatively shorter, but if it's revealed in the polygraph results that the student lied about his/her role in the incident, the student's suspension will be longer. All signed formal student complaints will be treated as disciplinary referrals. Regardless, any student that commits bullying and harassment in school should be suspended. No detention, no Saturday School- IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION FROM SCHOOL. It's time to send a clear-cut message to students that bullying and harassment in school will not be tolerated under any circumstances and since there'll be no verbal warnings after the first day of school, the incident will be met with automatic and immediate suspensions. The same deal will apply to social media- authorities and school administrators will be immediately contacted about incidents of cyber bullying, and in addition to prosecution to the fullest extent of the law, also immediate suspension from school, but in the case of cyber bullying, it'll also include a recommendation for expulsion. This would also apply to bullying/harassment incidents at all school bus stops, on the school bus and at all school functions- a student can make a formal complaint and sign it on the spot with a school administrator present and the subject of the complaint faces an immediate suspension for his/her role in the incident. There's absolutely no excuse for and there should be no tolerance at all for any and all forms of bullying and harassment in school and it should be met with suspension. The point is it's about making schools safer for the students and freeing them from the harms of bullying and harassment. It's also about making hard-line examples out of those, that are foolish enough to violate the rights of other students and break the rules. Add to that, a mandatory conference with the parents of the student, who's been suspended for bullying/harassment. It's time to protect the victims of bullying/harassment and make examples out of the violators.

One of my first jobs was at McDonald's. It was not a prestigious job and it did not pay a lot of money. The one thing we could count on was Thanksgiving and Christmas with our families. The McDonald's Corporation opened the corporate stores on Thanksgiving and plan to be open on Christmas as well. They are also trying to pressure franchise owners to do the same. Say NO to Big Macs and Happy Meal's on these two important family days. They can live without your $4-5 for two days a year and we can be Lovin' It the other 363 days of the year.

I managed the security for a midwest university campus of 60 acres, 2,000 students and visitors with a staff of 200. I can assure you that being open to the public does mean persons who have weapons can and will challenge your safety. The Nation is now on notice that we must provide armed, trained SECURITY STAFF at every shool...either volunteer or paid, not to do so is to invite tragedy and copy cat shooters.

In the face of the growth of Big Brother technologies and tactics, we need a Privacy Amendment to the Constitution.

20 innocent children were brutally massacred, it could have been any of our children. The capacity of the weapons used facilitated the deaths of 26 people within minutes. There is neither a reason for these weapons to be in the hands of civilians nor a justification. Let us not allow the loss of these angels to pass without action. We will go on with our lives, but the loss and horror to the families. classmates, community and first responders is just beginning. Let us ensure this does not happen again.

I was terminated from Zaxby's Restaurant on Allen Rd. after working there for 7.5 years. I was hired there in 2005 as an assistant manager, and after 1 year became a general manager, which I remained for the remaining 6.5 years. I was terminated on August 25, 2012. I was told by one of the owners that I was fired because I wasn't working the required 50 hr. work week (which I've always done). I worked more than 50 hrs. every week, and sometimes I didn't take a full 7 days vacation. My job was my first priority, next to church. I would never do anything to jeopardize that. I've always worked hard at everything I do. I was known as the strict manager; following rules and going by the book. I witnessed unfair treatment of crew and managers because of the color of their skin, so after complaining to one of the owners back in April 2012 my job was threatened. After pleading my case I received an apology and I was told everything was ok and I still had my job. But even though he apologized and acted as though he understood, he held on to this and terminated me on aug. 25, 2012, which was four months later. He probably wouldn't have kept me that long, but he had just fired another black manager. So all the general managers employed now are white. They are very disrepectful to crew, curse at them, date them, use racial slurs and target black individuals by drug testing them to get rid of them, even if there are white individuals coming to work "high" and known drug users. They basically do whatever they want and nothing happens to them. This has been going on for years and it has to stop now!

Sign this petition and encourage allowing the fiscal cliff deadline to hit, and the President's re-election promise to allow the Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy to expire. The deadline draws near, December 31, 2012. This may take sacrifice on the part of middle class citizens, but it is past time to stand our ground.

Most NRA members are regular people, Moms and Dads, responsible gun owners who are concerned as we all are about public safety. I would like to hear their voices and see if they match up with Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President on Friday. He came out and blamed everyone else, taking no responsibility whatsoever. His attitude was the epitome of white privilege and entitlement. He was cold and defensive. So, if he speaks for the NRA, we need to know. Is the NRA a democratic organization, or has it been taken over by right wing extremists?

School massacres must end. The NRA says 'arm everybody.' Legislators want tighter restrictions on assault weapons, magazines or ammunition. Why not make our children's classrooms safer instead. Most have been constructed of cement block already, so solid core or steel doors with magnetic locks could make them virtually impenetrable. External lock-down from the principle's office or a card swipe from within the classroom could prevent the bloodshed and death like we've seen in our schoolhouse shootings