Every day 34 Americans are murdered with guns, more than one every hour. Every day without action by Congress is letting the equivalent of another tragedy like Sandy Hook, or Aurora, or Tucson, or Virginia Tech happen. It's past time for you to help stop the senseless gun violence. Stand with the safety of our children and communities instead of the NRA and the gun and ammo industry.

At the Newtown Memorial Service you declared, for the death of twenty children and seven adults, “I’ll use whatever power this office holds…in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this.” Since you spoke those words, more than 50 fellow human beings have been murdered in Chicago alone, where last year’s gang-connected violence excelled 18 times the number in Newtown, where “since 2001 Chicago has recorded more than 5,000 gun-related deaths.”* “Tragedies!” Because we empathize with the suffering of others and value human life as do you, we believe you have the power and the courage to transform your words “enough is enough,” to l’chaim – for life!

This petition is to let our state legislators know that we oppose this new bill which restricts our individual rights.

Case in Newtown breaks heart of anyone. We need to make laws that will make accession to guns as hard as possible as I do not want gun to be easily accessible to people with psychological issues or people whose anger blinds their consciousness at the time of unstable situation. It is crucial for the whole nation to know that the one we love will not be victim of the gun violence in the country which is not in the war in its literal meaning.

As you may know, our city councillor, Steve Kozachik, has recently taken the position that gun shows, which sell guns without background checks, shouldn't be permitted on city owned property. Here's a quote: “Continuing to allow person-to-person gun sales without the requirement of any background checks is a clear threat to the health and safety of the community. If any place has a right to be sensitive about that, Tucson does,” Kozachik said. This is the kind of leadership we need more of, and we need to show our leaders that we support them!

There is growing support across the nation for abolishing our archaic death penalty laws, replacing them with life without the possibility of parole. Delaware can be a leader in carrying the nation fully into dealing with dangerous criminals by more effective, cost-efficient means and eliminating capital punishment altogether. There are compelling reasons to do so based on economy, morality, practicality, and even theology.

Anyone a victim of commenting suicide voice needs to be heard against mental prioters who make someone feel like taking their life. Any perpretor that makes a suicide victim comment suicide should be accountalble by law to go to prison for making the person commit suicide.

I am concerned that there are so many guns in our society that often times get in the hands of people who are not responsible. My son was killed 25 years go in Baltimore City, MD for no apparent reason other than someone thought they could. Many more have died in this city and across the nation since. Can't our gov't do something?

Stop giving the bad guys all the money.

American Citizens overwhelmingly support Universal Background Checks including over 70 percent of NRA members. We also urge legislators to ban assault weapons, high capacity magazines and address acquisition of firearms by criminals at gun shows.

The presence of an armed citizen has proved, many times, to prevent or at least reduce the number of injuries due to violent crime. It's time for Texas to join Vermont, Alaska, Wyoming, and Arizona in implementing full recognition of our Constitutional right to bear arms without having to get permission, in the form of a license, from the state.

1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be the victim of child sexual abuse (CSA) by their 18th birthday. There are more than 42 million survivors of CSA in the United States. 3 million of these survivors are still children. These children could fill 46 national football stadiums 93 percent of the time sexual abuse is caused by a person who is supposed to protect you - a person in a position of trust or authority. In almost every case, the only witnesses to this crime are the perpetrator and the victim. Perpetrators often tell the child this is a secret and no one will believe them. Children rarely report abuse immediately. Often, they feel the abuse was their fault. In these cases, delayed disclosure is the norm. Most victims never tell anyone until several years after the abuse, if they ever tell at all. The 4 states that passed this law already are IN IL MO MAINE