I created this petition for President Obama to regulate guns very strictly now. NO MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN!!!!!

We must move from grief to action in the wake of the Newtown massacre. Let us make gun manufactures illegal in the United States (with a few well-controlled exceptions for "sporting" use or law enforcement). Give manufacturers grants to convert to useful products; begin levying heavy fines on those who do not make moves to comply within a year. In another action we will address the question of imports.

This morning I had to explain the senseless deaths of school children to my 10 year old son. This is the world we live in, but it's not the world I want for him. Firearms claim one life every 20 minutes in this country. Yet the purchase and ownership of a gun is less regulated than cars and pets. It is time to put politics aside, lobbyists in their place, and save lives. We need stricter gun controls.

Every time a murder is committed, the media is quick to include a name and photo in the story. As a result, the public all learn the name of the murderer. He or she becomes notorious. Rather than killing just themselves out of loneliness and misery, they die knowing that they have effectively become celebrities. And worse yet, nobody remembers the victims except their immediate families and friends. This is backwards.

Many Americans claim that their Constitution gives them the right to own and openly carry firearms. Most states have struck down limitations on gun ownership, but not one single state has provided for a balanced level of legal responsibility that gun ownership entails.

We need to reframe the debate about gun control. Every mother and father in America needs to stand up and say gun control laws need to protect our children, not " interest groups".

As a teacher for 21 years I am brokenhearted for the kids and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We are loosing too many lives due to LACK of SECURITY. Its time to take ACTION to protect our children and their teachers.

Gun technology has not changed in 100 years. The gun trigger and firing mechanisms in personal weapons are essentially the same as invented in the 1900's. Today we need safer weapons that utilize modern computer technology. The government needs to sponsor a technology competition to develop them. The answer is to utilize GPS navigation technology so that general issue weapons will only work in open spaces using electronic trigger systems and electronic rounds. If the gun cannot sense GPS information, the electronic trigger will not operate and the electronic rounds will not fire. This will allow sale of weapons and electronic rounds to sports people and general users without restriction. Persons wanting to purchase weapons that work indoors will need to pass rigorous background checks. Similarly persons wanting to purchase old percussion ammunitions will need special permits and those munitions will not be available for general retail sale. This will allow people in public places indoors to be protected automatically while allowing legitmate gun sports to continue in line with peoples constitutional rights.

After the horrific tragedy in Newtown, CT, I realized that we as parents need to come together and make sure our innocent children and their teachers are safer at school.

"We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years...As a country, we have been through this too many times...And we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics." President Obama’s remarks on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on 12/14/12. It's time for the people to clarify that the Second Amendment only guarantees the right of the people to bear arms in a "well regulated militia", and that mere individuals are not a "well regulated militia".

I am ashamed and horrified by the recent slaughters in Oregon, Connecticut, and Colorado.

We should start with better background checks. No loopholes. This latest shooter had his arms legally. This is why a total ban would really change things.