Wal-Mart can make a good-faith effort to help stop the kind of violence we saw in Newtown, CT: by joining Dick's Sporting Goods in voluntarily stopping sales of assault weapons, which belong in war, not in our communities. As reported by Bloomberg News on December 19, 2012, "Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said yesterday that it would continue to sell guns, including rifles like the one used at Newtown, where 26 people, most of them children, were killed on Dec. 14. Searches of five kinds of semi-automatic rifles on Wal-Mart’s website showed them to be out of stock at stores in five states, including Pennsylvania, Kansas and Alabama...Wal-Mart has about 10 modern sporting rifles, the gun industry’s term for firearms that look like an M-16 military rifle, listed on its website. The retailer removed a description and picture of the Bushmaster AR-15, which was the model used in Newtown, after the shootings." Why not remove the rest of these other dangerous models? Please do put public safety ahead of profit, and stop selling assault weapons.

The Nation is affected.

Right now, members of congress are in D.C. addressing tax and budget issues that need to be resolved before the end of the year. One critical issue under consideration is whether to extend the adoption tax credit. As many of you know and some who don't know, the adoption tax credit is ofte a major factor in a family's ability to adopt. Without this financial resource, many families simply can't afford to! That means children are waiting too- waiting to see whether they will be able to join a loving, stable home of their own. And it all rests on whether our government reauthorizes- and makes refundable* the adoption tax credit.

Van Buren Township and the City of Belleville need to recruit new and inviting businesses to our community. We have so much to offer in terms of location, the lake, and our people. The residents are eager to welcome new businesses to our community that will enhance the lakefront atmosphere and provide a wider variety of options for dining, shopping, and entertainment. Panera Bread is on the top of the list for 'most wanted' businesses in 48111. We need to tell Panera to come to 48111!

John Boehner is proving he is not working for his constituents, consequences must be imposed upon him.

The tragedy in Newton began the necessary discussion of guns in this country. Background checks are currently one of the most effective tools we have when it comes to the sale of guns to people who are deemed responsible gun owners.

3 out of 4 NFL players own guns according to USA Today... Given where we are and the fact that they are role models for our young... They need to step up and make a difference now. They must turn in their guns and stand with the parents of the kids who were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary.

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Not to physically or mentally harm my fellow man woman or child.

I have been a single mother since my son was 1 years old. When I went through my divorce I was juggling two jobs to make ends meet. My son's father hasn't held a job no more than 4 months inorder for him to recieve his unemployment and when that runs out he gets a job and then looses it around the same amount of months and this has been going on for years. Due to him loosing his job the courts will either lower his payment to 50 dollars or he doesn't have to pay until he finds a job. If you have a child the non custodial parent should be financially responsible for that child till the child is at the age of 18. It shouldn't become the Custodial Parent to be fully responsible if they didn't make the child by him/her self. Please sign this petition to help Custodial Parents get the support they need for their children.

Eric Swalwell has a history of supporting developers, and he received large sums of money from real estate firms, builders, law firms, contractors and other businesses for his campaign for Congress. His campaign literature in 2012 said, "we need government and business on the same page," which is Republican-speak for "government needs to let business do whatever business wants to do"--in other words, unregulated capitalism, which is what threw us into the Great Recession, from which we're still recovering. Some of us--even some who strongly supported Swalwell in the election--are concerned that now that he's elected, he'll turn into a conservative, Blue-Dog Democrat, often voting with the Regressives rather than the Progressives.

Our country continues to witness horrific crimes of violence.The unthinkable is now our reality.How much more has to happen before people realize God should have never been taken out of our communities and schools? Since God has been taken out of our schools,and communities,school crimes and shootings not only began,but increased.Communities don't feel as safe,and senseless events occur more than ever.How many more lives must be taken? How many more crimes must be committed before the realization becomes clear.WE NEED GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES! Please sign and help rid the world of evil with the power of God.