I am a parent and a gun owner. I believe that common sense gun legislation will save lives because thoughts and prayers are not working. How many more kids must die before Congress stops taking gun lobby dollars and actually does the job that we pay them for? The blood of these children is on the hands of every legislator who takes money in exchange for their inaction.

Our representatives should not be bought out by the National Rifle Association. Each week we see more students slaughtered followed by "thoughts and prayers" as their bodies cool. My friend's child survived Sandy Hook, and our collective hearts our regularly broken in the face of this this senseless, unmatched-elsewhere-in-the-world lack of gun control in the USA. Our children deserve our advocacy.

On behalf of those killed due to the NRA's efforts to make all guns available to everyone and for those killed in FL today and those killed in Townville, SC in 2016.

The N.R.A. has taken the Second Amendment and twisted it's meaning and intent. When initially enacted, the 'right to bear arms' was intended for protection of one's home and family.....not for carrying firearms in public places, schools or, churches. Fatal gun deaths are higher in the U.S.A. than any other country on the planet !

The legally extended use of deadly force in other states has increased the use of firearms unnecessarily and tragically. Adoption of such legislation in Idaho must be stopped.

According to a poll taken this past spring by the Pew Research Center, 89% of Republicans favor preventing the mentally ill from purchasing guns, 82% favor barring gun purchases by people on no-fly or watch lists, 77% favor background checks for private sales and at gun shows, 56% favor creating a federal database to track gun sales, and 54% favor banning assault-style weapons. (Source: "Here are the gun control policies that majorities in both parties support," Ryan Struyk, CNN, Nov. 6, 2017) Even faced with these poll numbers from members of his own party, Rep. Webster has continued to let the NRA control his vote. It's time to stop gun lobby bribery and start protecting human lives.

If we continue to do nothing, nothing will change.

Because with the rate of mental illness in our state and the lack of proper training guns are getting into the hands of the irresponsible.

As a mom of three children in New York City public schools, I often wonder what would happen in the all too common worst-case scenario of a school shooting. There should be more protection at the door, like an armed set of security guards and emergency button for 911/gun violence alarm. There should be bullet proofing on all doors both inside and outside, locks on all classroom doors, and an automated way to set these locks from security and the main office. Enough is enough; if we can't create gun control laws to minimize this risk, it is time to create protections to stop the killing and injuring of innocents.

Our legislators and governor are considering changing our laws to allow people to carry guns in these establishments. This legislation is in process, including Michigan Senate Bills 584 and 586, so a change could happen soon. We must make our voices heard.

Our country is awash in guns. The NRA has become the perpetrators of violence through their continued cash flow to legislators in order to prevent enactment of common sense laws, which most Americans favor.

The Dickey Amendment prohibits the center for disease control (CDC) to study GUN DEATHS to make them safer. Repeal Dickey is dedicated to the repeal of the amendment so events like Sandy Hook and Vegas can be studied and eventually prevented.