I am deeply distressed by the slaughter in Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, CT. This is only the most recent of wanton gun attacks on citizenry. Guns do kill people and we need stronger legislative action against ownership of guns that kill indiscriminately and easily and ownership of ordnance that makes it easy to load and fire continuously.

We cannot tolerate a nation who allows this violence to continue. Please be part of a smart solution. it's clear that the staus quo is not working. Let's put the best minds together and create as peaceful nation as we can.

We are all devastated by the tragic murder of little school children in Connecticut. If there is any truth to the notion that such crimes are perpetrated for the purpose of gaining notoriety, then there ought to be a law that prohibits the publication of the name or image of individuals who are suspected of committing them.

NO, MY CONCERN IS IN REGARDS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM: PLACIDO H. RODRIGUEZ 192 AUDUBON AVE NEW YORK, NY 10033 212-928-4040 [email protected]

It would be futile to try and climate all guns in private hands at one time. We must start with the elimination of weapons by getting the automatic and semi-automatic weapons off the streets. There is no place for them in the hands of civilians.

We are mothers and grandmothers who have a responsibility to the generations that follow us to leave a legacy of working toward change we believe in. Gun control is one of those changes we believe in.

I call on the University of North Alabama to require immediate and regular counseling for the student who posted racist Tweets before allowing him to return to campus or classes.

Friday’s school massacre in Connecticut is a national tragedy. It marks the 19th mass shooting in our country within the past 5 years and 31st school shooting since Columbine in 1999! This is no longer an "Isolated Incident", it's a Public Health Issue!

Just loving and having children breaks my heart for those that are now mourning their babies, young or old. Let families grow old all together without such heartache.

As members of America's unions, we reject the NRA's claim that union members support its destructive agenda. We are teachers, nurses, first responders, builders, information workers, government workers, and others who believe that our nation should act now to end the senseless slaughter in our community.

This petition is in response to the massive slaughter of 28 innocent children and teachers at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, December 14, 2012, by a deranged man who had access to guns and went on a killing spree in this school.

As a high school student in 1999 the mass shooting at Columbine was seared into my brain. It literally gave me nightmares about going to school. As a high school teacher now, I still face the fear of a mass shooting each day I go to work. Don't we all? After all the workplace, school, mall, theatre and church mass shootings, there is nowhere left that feels safe. I'm not suggesting something so extreme as banning all guns, but I think most sensible people agree that assault rifles are terrorist weapons of mass destruction, neither useful for sport or self defense. Let's join together to honor those children and teachers at Sandy Hook and ask our leaders to ban assault rifles! Stop the mass shootings!