America's need for Semi Automatic guns is spinning out of control. Realistically no one needs access to these weapons except tactical military and police. It is time to overhaul the second amendment.

Our elected officials should not be accepting campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association. How can they be unbiased on NRA matters that come before them if they are receiving NRA money. We sent them to Washington to work on our behalf. Ninety percent of voters say they want background checks on all gun sales. And yet, the people we send to vote on our behalf do nothing to protect the American people from the proliferation of guns.

We are sickened by the repeated massacres of innocent people by crazies with assault rifles. Gun regulation needs to be talked about and legislated NOW.

Enough is enough without concrete gun laws.

We are all affected by the lack of sensible gun control policy.

This is to prevent the senseless mass murders that are too common in the United States

How many have to die before Congress takes action? The NRA has deep pockets, but what if Congress didn't take any of it? I think that would change the dialog. We demand action today.

The NRA blocks reasonable gun safety legislation and wants military assault weapons, silencers and armor piercing bullets accessible with no background checks. Our elected officials must reject the NRA.

It is time to break the stranglehold the NRA has on our members of Congress! It is time for new gun control laws that reflect & benefit the citizenry, not gun manufacturers, nor their paid for Congressional stooges.

Mass shootings in America are caused by those legally in our country and in nearly all cases, by American born citizens. Our representatives spend time and money on extreme vetting of people from specific counties in fear of terrorism but spend no time or money protecting us from domestic terrorism. We need background checks at all events in which people can buy fire arms, a registry for those who want semi-automatic guns or equipment that makes them fully automatic, a system that alerts local government when someone has purchased multiple weapons, restrictions on internet and gun show sales. Nearly every mass shooting since 1982 has been perforned using legally obtained guns.

America's gun homicide rate is more than 25 times the average of other developed countries. We can no longer remain silent while our fellow Americans die. We will not stay silent and continue to let the NRA and its money dominate the conversation and prevent research, dialogue, and responsible regulation.

The National Rifle Association has a financial chokehold on much of Congress. It's one of the main reasons why, in the wake of mass shootings such as the ones in Parkland, FL, Sutherland Springs, TX, Las Vegas, Orlando, San Bernardino, and Sandy Hook, we remain unable to pass commonsense gun laws. Last year, two members of Congress–Representatives Tim Ryan (Ohio) and Tim Walz (Minnesota)–have donated previous NRA contributions to gun violence protection groups. Will you tell your representative in Congress they must return or donate all donations received from the NRA during their political career and commit to not taking another cent from them in the future? I don't want to take guns away from law-abiding citizens who are stable, mentally healthy members of the community. I want sensible background checks at gun shows and online as well as banning weapons of war, such as bump stocks, AR-15's, etc. from being sold to just anybody on the street. We need this to save lives!