This country's gun violence is far higher then anywhere else in the industrialized world. Innocent lives are shattered every day from illegal use of guns. As a resident of Colorado, with the recent Aurora theater shooting in mind - there is one victim that sustained a head wound resulting in tens of thousands of dollars of cost and with the victim and his family with no insurance - I suggest the following: This blight of gun violence is a threat to us all and I feel it's time for a fee to be assist to the sale of fire-arms and ammunition to be set aside for victims - though no fault of their own - of gun violence and their immediate families for medical and funeral costs of those with tragic ends.

The Representative want to pass a bill that would allow college students to carry guns on their campus. I have a daughter who will be attending college in the fall & I don't want to see students carring guns around her. College students need to be focused on their studies, not if the student next to them is carrying a gun.

1944 in the Columbia, South Carolina a 14 year old African American boy named George Stinney Jr. was executed (via electrocution) for a crime that he did not commit. Accursed of murdering two white girls, his trial from jury selection to sentencing only lasted one day. During that trial no evidence was presented, and the attorney that was assigned to be his public defender was a tax attorney, who never tried a case, never called a witness, (not even George) and never cross examined any of the prosecutions witness. And it should not be a surprise to know that all of the trial records have been lost. After his family was run out of town, he was sentence to die, leaving no one to fight for this young boys life. He was used as a patsy by local and state officials to cover for the person that actually committed the crime and for political gain. George was the youngest ever to be executed in the 20th century and this execution was a blatant violation of his civil rights. A violation that South Carolina is still covering up today, some 68 years later.

At a state or federal lever, permits should be required at a household level, not at the individual level. This can be accomplished by the creation of analytical model(s) used to rank households and individuals likelihood of being involved in gun violence in the future. It should be used for background checks for new gun permits at a household level (as opposed to individuals), and requirement for existing permit holders at a household level to be newly certified. The predictive model and score or range of likelihood should be a key factor for providing gun use and related permits.

In light of the Annie Dookhan case, it has become clear that the drug war has a corrupting affect on our criminal justice system. I am proposing putting an end to the marshal laws associated with the drug war and change it to a war on addiction and mental illness.

Last year five Utah women were killed by dating partners. They knew these people were dangerous, but couldn't get protective orders because they were not married or living together. The Dating Violence Protection Act will change that. Tell your representatives to support it.

Lets start an organization: No Rifle Association!

Guns are bad! They killed innocent people. LET's GET RID OF THEM!!!

Part of the gun safety legislation has to be the requirement that gun owners carry Liability Insurance. Simple statistics, the more guns being carried on the street the higher the chances are that you or a loved one is going to be shot, even by accident. Own owners need to be responsible and carry liability insurance. Car owners need to have insurance and it is not violating the second amendment, it is a sensible part of new gun safety legislation.

Death penalty repeal in Maryland this year has passed the Senate! This means the bill has unprecedented momentum, but the House vote is still expected to be very close. It is likely to happen THIS WEEK, so please take action right now and call on your state Delegates to vote for repeal.

stopping the arming of domestic terrorists

The gun issue may last a long time. Security Turnstiles would be a great deterant for thows who would inter a school or government building with guns or knives. What if a teacher has flipped out. And deside to harm the children in a school.