One of the most insidious of the NRA's tactics in its war against reasonable gun control policies in America is the Tiahrt amendments which not only severely restrict the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms from disclosing its data on gun violence and illegal gun trafficking under the Freedom of Information Act but also bar such data from being used in civil suits against gun manufacturers. Additionally the NRA has successfully lobbied Congress to place restrictions on both the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health, preventing them from engaging in or funding research into the effects of gun violence on the nation's health and safety.

When Bronte heard about the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy, she wrote a letter to the President - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=307891199310363&set=a.211700932262724.34434.152164651549686&type=1&theater Then she made a video inviting people to help her collect 1,000 messages for Obama - http://youtu.be/wJafJ7klpms

MoveOn.org and other progress institutions should devote resources to creating a full time political organization to advocating for Gun Safey and against organization like the NRA.

Isn't it time our Congressional reepresentatives make some personal sacrifices toward reducing the nartional debt and balancing the budget?

To reduce the powers of the Legislative Branch.

We can no longer sustain the worldwide military empire at the expense of our citizens health and well being as well as the safety and security of our nations' infrastructure.

Woking very little for High Wages and Entiitlements

Every December this country has a financial crisis that put fear in voters and taxpapers. We as citizens should sign a petition to let our federal elected officials know that they should stop terriorizing us by threatning to shut the government down, raising taxes, and closing social programs that benefit the most vunerable citizens,

All politicians are only allowed to hold office for 2 terms. Also they have to sign a agreement on taking office that when the leave they can't be a lobbyist for 5 years.

Every middle class family in this country has been harmed by the signing of Grover Norquist's document by the Congress.

My petition is about asking Congress to not be above those they serve. I am asking them to cut salaries, health care and retirement benefits and many of their day to day perks.

Congress has not done the job we are paying them to do and has gone home on vacation.