A ban on concealed carried weapons negatively impact people who only sought to protect themselves against known impending threats. Banning a person's right to carry a weapon assumes that the only dangers threatening him will fall at his doorstep. I have been personally affected by this ban because my nineteen year old son was shot at last year while he was in his car. The offenders shot out the back windshield. My son escaped, terrified. These same guys had beaten his friend the week before with a pistol. The police told us there was nothing they could do and for my son to lay low. Every time my son left home, the assailants attempted to harm him and he got away each time; the last time he called the police who came just in time to save my son's life. My son was afraid for his life and purchased a gun because all he had before was his feet to run away, which are not much good against a flying bullet. During an unlawful traffic stop for tinted windows in the city of Chicago, my son's weapon was found in the car. He admitted it was his. It was never used. And now my nineteen year old son is in jail with a felony conviction that will ruin him for the rest of his life because he was trying to save his life from aggressors. He was in college at the time of the shooting. He flunked out the second semester because he was scared to go to school every day and was suffering from post-traumatic stress. He was paranoid and could no longer focus on school. My son should have had the right to arm himself against a known threat since the police, in their own words, could not protect him. A ban on concealed protects criminals, not victims. And now my son went from college student to felony criminal.

Habitat has some explaining to do: A murder occurred at 174 Ephriam Street, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, on 3/11-12/12, where (C0-Owner & Criminal - Sam Leyba) was aiding/abetting and harboring a felon, as well as, stolen items from four different local burglaries that were found in his home upon his arrest, along with Jewelry from another recent Murder that was committed in February during a home invasion robbery. Leyba is presently in jail and is allowing his criminal family members stay in this home. Surely this is not what Jimmy Carter intended when he created this program to help worthy and deserving families.

Used car dealers are beyond the scope of Colorado Law in that they can knowingly sell death traps to unsuspecting buyers.

The lifelong penalization of ex-offenders in this country when it comes to jobs. Every American deserves the chance for redemption and dignity if they desire to change and be law abiding and productive to our society.

Those seeking to abolish the death penalty in Maryland are one or two votes short in the State Senate. But MoveOn endorsed a State Senator for Congress this year who has not committed to support death penalty abolition. We need MoveOn members/supporters and progressives to tell Senator Rob Garagiola to pledge to support the end of legalized murder by the government.

A Los Angeles-based state appeals court just overturned a rape conviction because a woman who was raped in her sleep by a man impersonating her boyfriend is unmarried. The victim, who at first thought the man was her boyfriend, tried to stop him once she regained consciousness enough to realize he was an imposter. However, because the woman and her boyfriend are not a married couple, her rapist will walk away without penalty: The court said that its decision is based on a California law stating that tricking a victim into sex by impersonation only counts as rape if the victim is married. Source: http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2013/01/04/court-throws-out-rape-case-because-victim-is-unmarried/

You have your head in the sand if you believe more restrictive gun laws will help reduce crime or violent acts against a known unarmed group or organization of people.

Our society has become overly dangerous due to the wide-spread availability of high-capacity firearms with easily insert-able magazines. I just don't feel safe going to the shopping mall, the movie theater, sporting events, or frankly any place where anyone can carry these weapons. All magazine-loaded firearms should be banned from our society.

With the latest violent acts that have happened, the person or persons involved ignored all gun laws, restricted areas for guns, etc..The bad people with always find a way to get the guns. Instead of focusing on more gun controls, focus on the real problem, mental health of these people doing the attacks. Instead of streamlining these people, people need to not be afraid of getting them they help they need, medication or making sure they take their medications or hospitalization, if necessary is done. Also make provisions for extra security at schools. Stop penalizing the honest people, let us be able to properly defend ourselves!

I think it's important to give pedifiles a sentence instead of a slap on the hand with probation. Lives are never the same for the victims of pedifilies. Children are our future, we need to protect them.

"Request President Obama appoint a Special Investigator to determine if the NRA has legal liability for wrongful deaths, due to unregulated mass proliferation of weaponry and active deterrence of legislation for reasonable control of the gun industry. "

John McCain and a couple of other congressmen have gone on record through reliable sources as planning on driving the United States of America to INSOLVENCY if they do not get their political desires. This is a complete mis-use of their power, and also TREASON! They need to be indicted by the Justice Department to send a clear message that this sort of conspiracy will not be tolerated in the Land of the Free!!