the second ammendment was written before all of these automatic weapons were invented. if we are to include assault weapons, then should we also include all other weapons of mass destruction?

This petition is in regards to certain inmates being given a more harsh sentence than others for the same crime; in conjunction with, inmates being oversenteced because of a crime that could have happened and not exactly what happened. My husband was sentenced to life in prison for being in the wrong place at the wrong time..This has destroyed my family and my children has suffered tremendously. Broken homes play a major role in the inflation of the crime rate and I feel the restoration of parents in the home will have a positive affect on our society has a whole.

After the tragedy in Sandy Hook, the State of Connecticut needs to be a national leader and a beacon of hope by enacting strong and sensible gun control laws. It would be unforgivable to fail to act on this now.

Ending the 70 year old war on cannabis consumers and those who produce it.

My grandchildren experienced loosing a friend in high school do to a shooting at a party in one of their high school friend's house. Teen ager friends are afraid to go to school.

Police shot two women in Torrance as they were delivering papers from their car in the early morning. There should be no reason to fear random acts of violence and especially not from the police. These officers did not even hesitate or ask questions before they opened fire and shot over 30 bullets into the back of a civilian truck. Injuring hardworking, unarmed Americans in the process. Our police force should have more discipline than a junkie with a weapon. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/torrance-shootings.html

Newly elected Democratic Senator from Indiana Joe Donnelly is refusing to support Pres. Obama's efforts to reduce gun violence. Instead of helping his constituents he is helping the NRA leadership and gun manufacturers. Owning guns endangers gun owners and innocent children!

Glenda Virgil is a battered woman who is serving a life sentence for killing her abuser although she would never receive such a sentence under California's new laws. She is dying of stage 4 aggressive lung cancer. Only the Governor can free her.

Grandmothers Against Gun violence (GAG)

There is no one who was not horrified by the slaughter of children at Sandy Hook elementary School. But these were the actions of a madman. Restricting the rights of law abiding Vermonters to self defense is not the answer. State Representative Linda Waite-Simpson's legislation, H.124, would ban the sale of magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds of ammunition, and end the long standing Vermont tradition of being able to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Please urge your Vermont state representative to oppose H.124 and protect your right to defend yourself and your family as you see fit.

I am Hasani Wesley's older sister Halima Wesley , I have started this petition for all of the children that have died or got hit trying to go to school. An aware community can make a difference, and save many lives. My brother was a beautiful spirit and he didn't deserve to die because of failure to abide school laws.My brothers murderer has not been charged.... I got all green lights while driving home yesterday... It was as if riding on the highway but I was on highpoint rd in greensboro..which is a busy street. I realized that even if my brother isn't visual he can be my light when I'm driving or the bird in my window that sings when I wake up to all of my responsibilities he is my everything literally, but for the most part he is my Angel. An 11-year-old boy died Wednesday morning after being hit by an SUV while trying to get on a school bus. Hasani Wesley, 11, died after the collision, which happened around 7 a.m. on N.C. 66 near Shaddowfax Drive. N.C. 66 remained closed until around noon. Wesley was trying to get on the bus just a few hundred feet from his home when the collision with the Jeep occurred, troopers said. The bus's lights were on, and the stop arm was out, troopers said. The driver of the Jeep, Billy Roger Bailey, 47, of Kernersville, was coming from the opposite direction, troopers said. Bailey remained at the scene after the crash, troopers said. Bailey told investigators that he simply didn't see the child crossing the road. He was driving the speed limit, and alcohol wasn't a factor in the crash either, troopers said. Wesley normally caught the bus from the right-hand side of the road, but he missed it Wednesday morning, school officials said. The bus driver saw Wesley when coming back through the area and stopped to pick him up, which is legal, school officials said. Wesley was a sixth grader at East Fosyth Middle School, said Theo Helm, spokesman for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Wesley had been taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after the collision, Helm said.

Too many innocent children, young men and women, police officers, educators and others have been massacred with powerful weapons that should only be used by the police and military. Do the right thing and support Gun Control.