I am ashamed of the U.S. legislators not to pass a law that legally makes the owner of a gun responsible for its use. Americans are known the world over as an agressive society.

Recharge stations for Plug-in vehicles are needed throughout Massachusetts. Legislation should be passed that requires all parking lots containing 25 sites or more should have charging stations.

The pharmaseutical driven medical system in the US undermines all measures to reform how we spend our dollars for health care and furthermore creates an atmosphere of fear and a need to medicate ourselves.

It's simple: President Obama can put an end to civilian assault weapon sales in America by ordering all Federal agencies to stop purchasing guns from companies (and their affiliates and subsidiaries) who manufacture or sell civilian assault weapons. Faced with the prospect of losing all their Defense Department and Federal law enforcement sales, these manufacturers and arms dealers will have no choice but to halt civilian assault weapons manufacture. They will then likely direct the NRA to support an assault weapons ban, so that they can compete in the civilian weapons market.

I work in the lending industry and every day talk to people who are underwater on their homes . The first time homebuyer usually has very little established credit, low down payment and entry level incomes making it very difficult to qualify them for a home. We need to loosen up credit standards and move the affordable loan FNMA/FHLMC cutoff date beyond May 31st, 2009

Maryland's child access prevention ( CAP) law needs to be amended. Its intent 20 years go was to prevent children from accessing firearms due to irresponsible firearm owners. Maryland's CAP law ,one of 28 nationwide, defines a child as under 16, has no penalty for accessing an unloaded firearm, and a maximum $ 1,000 fine for a firearm owner allowing a child to access a loaded firearm. CAP laws do not take away a gun owner's constitutional right to own a firearm , nor do they they tell gun owners how to secure or store their firearms.

For the past three years Governor Chris Christie organized a bear hunt. During a year garbage bears are caught by the NJ Fish&Wildlife tagged and transported all around the state. In response to the siting of confused bears the state statistics show increased presence of bears. While the bear population is actually dropping. Black bears should not be moved to other areas of NJ. It introduces bear hunt around the state.

Texas has one of the highest poverty rates in the country. We need to raise the minimum wage to $14 an hour and for small businesses the highest paid employee must not make more than 10 times the least paid employee.

Bettas are intelligent and sensitive fish that are cruelly confined in tiny cups by most stores who sell them. The leading pet store chain PetSmart receives many complaints about its cruel treatment of these fish, but continues to brush them off with misleading statements that these tiny cups are 'comfortable' and 'safe' habitats. Besides trapping the fish in an undersized space, the presentation of Bettas in this manner misleads customers into thinking that tiny spaces are acceptable for Bettas. They are not. The wholesale mistreatment of these innocent creatures by PetSmart must stop.

This petition is to bring awareness to the American Public about the murder of US Navy SEAL, Chris Kyle. I have the highest respect for his service to our country and to others he has affected.

This is for everyone in general! Why go looking for a breed of animal and spend all that money because of the name of a dog or cat? adopt an animal Save A Life they will bring you just as much joy and love if not more than a breeders animal would! There's millions of dogs and cats being put to sleep everyday because they can't find home for them. Look into your hearts go to a nearby shelter and look around before calling up a breeder please! Help us save these poor innocent animals from being killed!!! They have been and seen so much in there lives all they want is a real home and a real since of love. So please help this cause please! ADOPT NOT SHOP!!!!!!

as an animal advocate, i support alabama HB27, HB51, and HB238. please read these bills and follow your legislators votes on 'alison' (alabama legistation information systems online).