We need to control the spread of guns and easy access to automatic weapons. Given that there is really no justification for an average person to own and use a military grade weapon and the fact that such weapons continue to be used in tragedies such as the Connecticut massacre, we need to change the Constitution now before it destroys more lives.

In a day an age where 29 states and Washington, D.C. have legislation allowing medical marijuana, and the Federal Government is on the verge of changing its outlook on it, Kentucky is behind the curve. Most of Kentucky's elected officials have yet to take positive steps toward helping terminally ill citizens get the medicine they need. Their only other choices as of now are addictive narcotics that do more harm then good.

We have just witnessed yet another horrific instance of the killing of young children and adults, this time in Newton, Connecticut. My heart is broken for the innocent victims and their families. We need to take action now to prevent mass killing and to reduce all killing.

I'm asking the news outlets and online forums to please stop releasing the names of shooters in massacres like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary. The news media refrains from mentioning victims of certain crimes to protect them and their families. We need them to stop giving out the names of those who shoot multiple people to protect us all. If people with mental health issues, anger, and a desire for fame cannot get their names remembered in this way, maybe they will look for a better outlet. And we should remember the victims of these horrible tragedies, not the shooters.

Gun Violence

Gun control.

Ban Automatic and Semi-Automatic weapons in Colorado.

Automatic and semi-automatic weapons were created for combat. They were created for the purpose of killing as many people as possible in the shortest ammount of time. There is no place for them outside of war. They are not needed for hunting. They are not needed for self defense in your home. They are being used in massacres across the country because they can be very easily acquired. Imagine a 5 year old sitting in a classroom trying to learn to read and instead being blown to pieces with an assault rifle. And then sign this petition. One week from today I will send it to Gov. Hickenlooper. We have to start somewhere.

Automatic and semi-automatice weapons were created for combat. They were created for the purpose of killing as many people as possible in the shortest ammount of time. There is no place for them outside of war. They are not needed for hunting. They are not needed for self defense in your home. They are being used in massacres across the country because they can be very easily acquired. Imagine a 5 year old sitting in a classroom trying to learn to read and instead being blown to pieces with an assault rifle. And then sign this petition. One week from today I will send it to Gov. Hickenlooper. We have to start somewhere.

We need to stop the slaughter of innocent people and the trauma that goes with these events. The only way to to this is to send messages to the government and the NRA that we gun control that is more strict. Please sign this petition and forward it.

Do we have to continue to endure the killing of our children--at Newtown and in our cities.

We CAN have sensible gun control WITHOUT impinging on the Second Amendment. We have limited the First Amendment with common sense; You can't shout FIRE in a crowded theatre. We can do the same for the Right to Bare Arms. Having the Right to Bare Arms comes with a HUGE responsibility and should be treated that way. A gun is a dangerous lethal weapon and we have less regulation of guns than we do of cars and who can drive them. That is crazy! Heavy, strict regulation of guns DOES NOT limit the rights of citizens who are of sound mind, legal age, and non-criminal background to bare arms. It preserves the Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for the majority of citizens in our United States. No one should be gunned down by a mentally unstable person, a criminal or child in possession of a dangerous firearm. We can make sensible laws to prevent mass murders and other gun violence without violating our Second Amendment.