The National Rifle Association, which used to be concerned primarily with gun safety, has turned into a tool for gun manufacturers to manipulate our legislators to their own benefit. And we the people are suffering for it. It's time to STOP the NRA and start protecting OURSELVES!

This petition is about making National elections more accessible to the working class and to the general public.

Our lawmakers at all levels feel obligated to act on behalf of their most powerful contributors. The majority of the population does not have equal influence. This trend must stop and be reversed. We must limit campaign contributions.

Whether you have lost a loved one to gun violence or not, every mother fears that they too can loose a child to gun violence. Shopping at a Mall, going to see a movie or attending school should not be a threat to your life! A million mother's marching on Washington can give Congress the courage and support they need to pass common sense laws to protect the rights of lawful gun owners and take them out of the hands of criminals. If life begins with mothers then we must lead this march! We can do this!

I am a parent of elementary students and a citizen concerned with general safety in our society. Because of the NRA's reckless positions our country is more unsafe. Please stop taking NRA money and think critically about their agenda so you can vote for common sense measures instead of voting for radical positions.

It's about reducing the inordinate influence of a very powerful gun lobby.

The mass shootings in Tucson, Aurora, and Newtown have prompted the American public to consider new legislation that will reduce the likelihood of these tragedies. However, the NRA has consistently stood in the way of common-sense regulations, often by pressuring the government to avoid taking a closer look at the real factors that are contributing to the national problem of gun violence. The group has also poisoned the debate about public safety, even to the point that they featured President Obama's children in an inflammatory TV advertisement. Given the urgency of solving the issue of gun violence, this violent and threatening rhetoric must be stopped.

Our grandchildren did not attend Sandy Hook, but we think of what our state of mind would be right now if our babies had been terrorized at that young age, and forced into loosing their freedom to live out their dreams. Gun ownership has become so common, that we are now questioning whetherr we are safe without a weapon in our home. We are concerned about how many other people feel unsafe for the same reason.

Gun violence is an intolerable and solvable problem in this country. We can protect our people and at the same time protect the 2nd Amendment by placing RFID chips in weapons. American Passports already utilize these chips.

Protect the welfare of innocent children. Avoid senseless violence and needless deaths. As a pediatric emergency physician, I can no longer sit by and watch this discussion deteriorate into an argument about the second amendment to the US Constitution. We must amend the US constitution so that children's rights take priority over all existing legislation. Only then can we enact stronger, federal legislation protecting children from this epidemic of gun violence.

The republicans are trying to win elections with fewer votes than the democrats by changing the way ballots are counted in Pennsylvania. Shame on you. You should try to be on the side of the people instead. And you might think about getting ready of those crazy tea party people.

Congress has granted itself immunity from many laws that ordinary citizen must comply with. Congress is not some form of royalty that exists above the rest of us