I'm starting this petition because I don't want to support any business that allows hate groups to benefit by using their services, and am hoping many other Americans feel the same.

I am a parent , two of my relatives are teachers, My sister's 4 year old has Autism I cannot help imagine if he was involved in one of these school shootings I fear he would not survive in the panic. Two of our friends were in Las Vegas during that incident and found themselves running for cover, this issue hits close to home.

Knowledge is power. "Because of the Dickey Amendment, there has been almost no publicly funded research on gun violence, leaving lawmakers without critical studies needed to write legislation to combat this epidemic. Even the author of the amendment, former Congressman Jay Dickey, came to regret the piece of policy and called on Congress to reverse the law. " - Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

I can no longer sit back and watch our children be slaughtered while the NRA pretends they are not the problem in this situation.

Statistics reveal that our country is much more violent than many other countries in the world which is a horrible reflection on our nation. Other developed nations have established gun control so we have examples to study as we can improve our country like they have done. Safety for all by limiting the guns available can happen with leaders who are committed to those which is what the majority of the country wants. Do we have to become worse than Yemen before we decide there is a problem? Hopefully not.

Today when I opened my Etsy trends email I saw a picture of a Glock gun magazine connector. I never look at guns, so I was horrified to find this among my interests. Even worse, throughout the page of choices there were several offerings of gun-related merchandise. Some were overtly sexual. After the horrors of the recent school shootings, this made me heartsick. Is Etsy now part of the NRA gun culture? Tell Etsy to stop offering gun-related merchandise NOW! To see screenshots I took, please visit my site at www.olivialarosa.com.

Getting security in our school to protect our children after a shooting threat and not 1 (one) law enforcement officer was on the scene. That's scary. We need them.

As a teacher of 20 years I know, as do my colleagues around the country, that a teacher's main responsibilities are to educate, love, and support her/his students. To ask any of us, in a gun-related crisis, to participate in the carnage and further endanger the students we so love is unacceptable. We are neither qualified nor willing to participate in such a short-sighted, ignorant policy that would ultimately add to the risk and to the loss of life in an already volatile situation. We demand that defensive, NOT offensive solutions be explored and implemented.

Stop the flow of money from organizations like the NRA to our legislators. Demand that the Supreme Court overturn "Citizens United", the Supreme Court decision that has allowed organizations like the NRA to unlimited amounts of money to the Congress and Senate. Unless the money is stopped nothing will change.

We want to leave our kids in a better and more safer environment in this world where teachers will be an icon of sympathy, knowledge, respect, and peace for our children. We have age limits on cigarettes and alcoholic beverages to not be purchased by minors because we believe they are not mature enough to understand their consequences, yet we do not have any restrictions to purchase assault weapons in that manner. It is sad and does not make any sense. Just because a few people speed we cannot disregard speed limits in the streets to allow it. It is not a solution but instead the beginning of another problem. Let's make our voice heard and stand up together for our rights.

No school employee or parent or student should be afraid some maniac will kill them with a machine gun. 15-minute walk-outs and marches are great but this first-ever national moratorium/strike/boycott against unsafe schools is the ONLY way to get a Congress who has been bought by gun manufacturers to pass common sense laws. Shame on Congress and SHAME ON US if we just let more students and school employees die without taking REAL action.

Rep. Duncan should protect society from gun violence. Return or donate NRA money.