Gun Control

The recent shootings at college campuses are a sign that the use of firearms for purposes for other than what they were intended is on the rise. This is one way to combat this scourge.

Too often, unauthorized gun buyers are able to sneak past background checks; this is because background checks are conducted by fax machine, voice mail, and email. Too many straw purchasers are arming inner city gangs; they do this because we have no data analytics on bulk purchases (nor do we analyze who habitually reports bulk gun thefts). I have no faith in the Congress to pass meaningful gun legislation. Thus, it is up to the Executive branch to manifest change via legal executive action. The Executive branch has been tasked with conducting background checks, and have been blessed with a budget to execute these laws. It is well within the legal purview of the executive branch to implement these tools. It would take a big effort, but at least its possible. Legislative change, sadly, is not. We need to modernize the system anyway; it is no longer the 1990's. Let's stop talking about banning guns, and start banning fax machines instead.

As the mother of two elementary school children, I believe that schools should remain gun free zones. Weapons do not belong in the classroom, concealed or otherwise. Guns on schools premises, other than on trained law enforcement officers, allow for a greater chance of an unintentional or accidental shootings. Vote NO on Senate Bills 442 and 561!

There was a gunman on the loose near my granddaughters nursery school outside Sacramento last October. My daughter and her husband went through hell waiting for the gunman to be caught.

Having guns everywhere puts our families at risk. Please keep our families safe and sign this petition.

Gun violence continues to escalate in our country at an alarming rate. According to one count, the Oregon shooting was this year's 294th mass killing and the 45th on a school or college campus. We need sane policies on gun control.

We need to ban gun shows in the city of Sacramento. I am a community college student and many shootings have been on college campuses, including Sacramento City College. One was just foiled at American River College on Thursday, October 8, 2015. Some students, faculty, and staff are afraid to come to campus, so this is one reason online classes are increasing in popularity.

We must save lives from gun violence in Reno.

In the wake of the tragic shooting at Umpqua Community College last week, communities around the country are coming together to demand a ban on gun shows at their local fairgrounds and convention centers. Will you join with these members and call on the Ventura City Council to ban gun shows at the Ventura County Fairgrounds?

Children and adults should be able to go to school without fear. Schools are beginning to respond to the gun crisis by putting guns on campus. Stores, sports events and theaters are adding armed guards. More guns are definitely not the answer. We need a prompt and thorough examination of the reasons for, and possible solutions to, the gun violence that is escalating across our nation. The CDC is the perfect entity to investigate and suggest solutions to this problem. They are, after all, the agency charged with dealing with epidemics that kill. We need your help to get Congress and the Senate to withdraw the ban and order the CDC to start investigating this crisis immediately.

My daughter, Carla Juanita Carrington, was killed by a gun on August 17th, 1988. After 27 years of my grief, in 2015 we need the gun legislation to change. I have cried for every family and city in the country as I did when my Carla was killed. We all need to stand together and change the gun laws now!!!! Guns are without power without the ammunition. This is why barcoding is so important.