Gun control does not work. Children need loving home environments and school environments to teach them to be kind to one another, and that violence does not work. Stop the violent TV programs and video games to begin with. Guns don't kill people, people do, and if they did not have guns, they would use knives, clubs, their hands or whatever else they can find. An armed populace has prevented many crimes and the right to bear arms is essential in a free country.

It has been a long-standing problem at La Trobe University that Socialist Alternative have been permitted to continue their aggressive and obnoxious activism on campus. This interferes with students' freedom to travel across campus without being accosted and harassed. It is time La Trobe students make their voice heard, let La Trobe University know that we want the Socialist Alternative banned.

To uphold our constitutional right to bear arms, we recognize the need for improved mental health care, and the responsible use and ownership of weapons of mass destruction.

I am a social worker helping people whose loved ones were murdered or suicided by gunshot in Los Angeles, CA. First we need to outlaw the National Rifle Association so they won't be able to continue to brainwash and bribe politicians and the public. Next we need to federally outlaw sale and possession of all ammunition and firearms, even for hunting.

Several of my friends are homosexual and have been together for several years. They would love to get married and have children but, the state of Illinois has not yet approved this. They deserve the right to be married and are entitled to the legal rights that go along with that. This should be a priority for our state, to grant it's same sex citizens marriage rights.

People are blaming guns for the Sandhook tragedy, yet the same tragedy has been enacted in China with knives. Guns are a reality, and we can't uninvent them. Even if you strip every honest American of his guns, the criminals will still have them. Look at Canada, Australia, and the UK. The people committing these crimes want attention, and use guns to get it, but if guns are not available, they will use knives, make bombs, or go back to sticks. Our Second Amendment rights are meant to allow us to protect ourselves, and all our other rights, from a tyrannical government, and from tragedies like Sandhook.

Yes, I lost my brother to gun violence.

About unconstitutional and unecessary gun control

It has been several recent incidents of horrific shootings in schools taking the lives of innocent children and adults. We did not have this issue before prayer was taken out of of schools.

It has been several recent incidents of horrific shootings in schools taking the lives of innocent children and adults. We did not have this issue before prayer was taken out of of schools.

Each year, it appears that bullying, and bullycide are becoming an epidemic amongst our children nationwide. It saddens my soul to hear about children taking their own lives as a result of being bullied. Their peers who are pushing them to this point are going along as they please, free to cause havoc to another child's life. Bullying should not be tolerated in schools, on social sites, and nowhere else. Our children should feel comfortable in school. It shouldn't be a place they dread going. I know people who have been affected by bullying, and I am affected indirectly every time I see or hear that a child has been tortured by his/her peers. In my opinion, it should be a crime punishable by law just as is rape, murder, drug dealing, or any other crime. Our nation should band together and stand against bullying of any kind. It would cut down on some of the other senseless crimes that have happened such as students who have been bullied at some point taking it out on other innocent victims.

IF A LAW PASSED THAT STOPS SMOKING AND WEAR SEAT BELTS IF TIME TO PASS THE LAW RE GUN CONTROL.. WHERE IS THE SAFETY FOR MY GRAND KIDS?