Since the gun restriction laws are floundering. perhaps we should at least keep Gun magazines off the shelves. My 5 year old nephew brought one to his Dad while they were shopping because it was strategically placed on the lowest rack in the store. He was drawn to the picture on the front. These magazines promote excessive weapons and should not be sold to minors.

N.Y.C.H.H.C. PEACE OFFICER'S GET PAID A LOT LESS THAN N.Y.P.D. POLICE OFFICERS AND WILL SAVE THE NEW YORK CITY AND NEW YORK STATE TAX PAYERS A LOT OF MONEY ,THRU OUT THE PHYSICAL YEAR,THIS ACTION CAN BE VERIFIED BY THE CONTROLERS OFFICE,CITY AND STATE.

I believe recent events at Michigan schools involving emotionally unstable individuals carrying lethal weapons have traumatized students and interfered with their educations. Families fear for the safety of their students at school, and some have decided their children would be safer at private institutions, and plan to withdraw their children from public schools, fearing their students could be shot and killed in one of these incidents. In essence, Michigan students are being bullied, and denied their own civil rights, by a small minority of individuals maintaining their supposed Constitutional rights, and a legislature that's been bullied into submission by the NRA.

Please join us in telling Rep. Tom Reed that he needs to end his cosponsorship of federally-mandated concealed carry, H.R.402, because it would preempt New York's strong concealed carry laws and put New Yorkers in danger. This bill would force New York to honor the "concealed carry" permits from all other states. This would be a disaster for the safety of our citizens and police because it would allow people like George Zimmerman to carry concealed guns anywhere in our state, including places like Times Square and Niagara Falls, visited by millions each year. This bill is bad for Congressional District 23, bad for New York State and bad for our Nation.

Please join me in telling Rep. Chris Collins that he needs to END his cosponsorship of federally mandated concealed carry, H.R.402, because it would preempt New York's strong concealed carry laws and put New Yorkers in danger. This bill would force New York to honor the "concealed carry" permits from all other states. This would be a disaster for the safety of our citizens and police because it would allow people like George Zimmerman to carry his concealed gun anywhere in our state, including places like Times Square and Niagara Falls, visited by millions each year. This bill is bad for District 27, bad for New York, and bad for our Nation.

Please join me in telling Rep. Chris Gibson that he needs to END his cosponsorship of federally mandated concealed carry, H.R.402, because it would preempt New York's strong concealed carry laws and put New Yorkers in danger. This bill would force New York to honor the "concealed carry" permits from all other states. This would be a disaster for the safety of our citizens and police because it would allow people like George Zimmerman to carry his concealed gun anywhere in our state, including places like Times Square and Niagara Falls, visited by millions each year. His job is to keep us safe, not to weaken our strong gun safety laws. He needs to do his job.

I am doing this because I hear stories about kids and inexperienced firearm users/owners getting hurt or killed by guns every day. I know that if there is training for gun owners and some children, there will be fewer gun accidents in the state Maryland. Guns may not be the number one cause of death in Maryland, but it is still a very important issue and I think it is a perfect time for Maryland to change.

I signed Aileen Luppert's MoveOn petition to ban guns in libraries, and MoveOn asked me to start a local petition in my legislative district. I'm frightened for Aileen's safety, and the safety of all library patrons.

In the Newtown shooting Adam Lanza, a mentally unstable 20 year old, killed 20 1st grade students and 6 women with an assault rifle which his mother bought. If we as a nation tighten gun laws, lives could be saved. A two minute background check could have saved those lives. Aren't those lives worth those two minutes? I am hoping that congress will consider the following options: Fingerprint technology to unlock guns. Limits on assault weapons. Limit the number of bullets (rounds) in a clip to 10. 24 hour waiting period to buy a gun. Place limits on the ability of the mentally ill to purchase guns. Please consider signing my petition.

Washington is an open carry state. The only public institutions where firearms are prohibited are schools, courthouses, jails, mental hospitals, and bars. Washington Courts ruled that public institutions, like libraries, may not ban guns. Courts also ruled that the only way to ban firearms at facilities in which children gather is through legislative action. The purpose of this petition and campaign is to demand Washington state legislators amend RCW 9.41.300 to add public libraries to the list of institutions where firearms are prohibited.

UPDATE: 4/29/15 VICTORY! On April 28th, the Florida House adjourned without taking up HB 4005, which means that guns on campus legislation has been defeated in Florida. Thanks to all the Floridians who signed our petition taking action against this wrong-headed policy. Your voices were heard. We expect this legislation to come back next year so stay tuned. Thanks for all you do, The Campaign to Keep Guns off Campus

It is not really even a point of argument that the language in the second amendment is vague. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Militias were necessary for a quick assemblage of troops to fight off the tyrannical rule that was Britain. Although the language is vague, if looked at in the context of the time period, it was interpreted with reason. We continue to interpret the bill of rights with reason to this day. This is why it isn’t legal for citizens to own a grenade launcher. Owning a grenade launcher is not reasonable and that is something that most citizens could agree on and most would have to concede that the amendment has an implication of the people’s right to bear arms (within reason). This has to be true, if reason, health, and the well-being of the populace were taken out of the subtext and this amendment is to be read as strictly literal, then citizens should all be able to own rocket launchers, tanks, and if they can afford it, why not nuclear weapons? Being that it is commonly understood that this amendment is meant to be practiced within reason. It is necessary to look at it within the context of what is reasonable this day and age. The second amendment is specific in its language about the right to bear arms, but it is not specific in the right of what type of ammunition is to be used in those firearms. If one argues that it is also implied in the language of the second amendment that it is the right of citizens to bear arms for the means of self defense (a reasonable argument) then it could also be argued that live ammunition is not necessary in order for our firearms to be used in self-defense. Self-defense can be achieved through rubber bullets and bean bags loaded into guns instead of live ammunition. It has been proven that rubber bullets and bean bags, (which can still be considered lethal) can be used effectively, successfully, and with far less cases of death, than live ammunition. If the sale of live ammunition for handguns, semiautomatic weapons, and assault rifles were banned, citizens could still defend themselves with less lethal means. A ban on live ammunition would diminish instances of accidental gun deaths (which account for more deaths than justifiable gun homicides). What is not reasonable is allowing handguns, or semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles as acceptable to be used with a justification of self defense when they are more often not used for self-defense. There were 6,115 handgun homicides in 2010 and 11,078 total homicides from all types of guns including handguns. While there were only 617 instances of justifiable homocides . (These numbers have not changed significantly since then.) This means that for out every 18 gun homicides, only 1 was justifiable. This shows that these weapons are not mainly used for self-defense. If we compare the murder rates in the United States to that of England (a country with a ban on guns), our murder rate is counted between 4 to 10 times higher, percentagewise, in the United States. Even if we take the lower percentage in the homicide rate in England, that means that the United States could potentially lower our murder rate by as much as 75% at the low end. 75% of about 11,000 people is more than 7,500 lives that could be saved each year if guns were banned completely. This petition does not even call for a complete ban of arms, which would be unconstitutional. It calls for a ban on live ammunition for arms designed mainly for killing people. Self defense can be obtained through arms that are not solely meant for killing people. A hunting rifle or shotgun or even a taser can be used for self defense and can also be loaded with rubber bullets and bean bags and be just as effective as scaring off, injuring, or even lethally wounding an intruder. This petition is for a ban on live ammunition for handguns, semiautomatic weapons, assault rifles, or any weapon designed mainly to kill people (hunting rifles and shotguns excluded). This ban extends to citizens and police officers except for special law enforcement units (SWAT teams) like the AFO (Authorized Firearms Officers) in England. This is also a call for a ban on assault rifles (other than those that are already registered lawfully). No new assault rifles. The same weapons bought and kept for the justification of militias and self-defense are much more often used to the detriment of society. Works cited: http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment2.html Gun stats http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-24/u-k-gun-curbs-mean-more-violence-yet-fewer-deaths-than-in-u-s-.html http://smartgunlaws.org/category/gun-studies-statistics/gun-violence-statistics/ http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2012/12/health-risk-having-gun-home