Most of the US citizens are affected by this. I am a 56 yr old worker who is once again losing a job to corporate greed after 25 yrs of service. I work for a fortune 500 company who is moving South where they can pay workers 8.00 an hour part time and not pay benefits. I have no choice but to take early retirement to keep insurance on myself, husband, and 2 grandchildren. In doing so, I am losing 28 percent of my retirement and will have to take a lower paying job. I am very afraid that the reckless borrowing of social security is endangering the ability to provide for my family in the near future. If it is not there, many elderly will starve and go without much needed medication. This is not meant to be used as tax money. We worked and paid in to it to insure the ability to provide for us and our family in old age or disability. PERIOD!

Can there be anyone in this country who isn't appalled every time we are greeted with the news of yet-another mass shooting? Or, every time we see more senseless gun violence and innocent lives lost on our city streets? I'm just one of millions who want change, and want our representatives in Washington to take ACTION, now!

IMPORTANT UPDATE: In December 2016, the Journal News revealed that County Executive Astorino will permit a new Gun Show to take place at Westchester County Center on January 21-22, 2017. In response, on January 9, the Westchester County Board of Legislators approved legislation to ban gun shows on all county property, by a vote of 9-8. County Executive Astorino is expected to veto the bill, and we expect to keep working to pass it, by obtaining enough votes to override the veto. We will deliver all signatures on this petition to the Westchester County Board of Legislators and County Executive Astorino in January 2017 before the vote. Please SIGN THIS PETITION and visit our Take Action center at www.PreventGunViolence.org to see how you can help. Thank you!! PERSONAL STATEMENT: As a Westchester resident, I am shocked and saddened by the recent horrific shooting of eight students and a faculty member at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. My friend Rachel was shot and killed by a 14-year-old playmate in 1982 when she was only 12 years old. Over 30,000 people die in the U.S. every year from gun violence, including suicide, homicide, and accidents.

My nephew's life was stolen and my family have suffered injustice at the hands of local police when called for a Wellness Check.

I was a Seattle firefighter and have had many personal experiences with gun violence including accidental shootings, suicides, and homicides. I never saw a shooting in my thirteen years as a firefighter that was in self defense.

Gov Synder sent in Emergency manager,who in turn switched the water from Detroit to the Flint river. This water has high, DANGEROUS levels of lead, which can lead to brain damage and/or death! Demand clean water for Flint and recall Gov. Snyder!

I'm a proud gun-owning Arizonan, but I can't just stand by and watch innocent lives gunned down every few months. As a member of Congress who represents me, I ask you to hear my request to do something to prevent meaningless gun violence like that which hurt Former Rep. Gabrielle Gifford.

My brother just passed away over a 15 year battle at the age of 34 on September 5, 2015 because of addiction. I can't take it any more. I want to look into raising money or talking to the Mayor or state rep about opening a place like a rehabilitation center that can help these people. The rehabilitation centers out there are full--no beds available--and I'm sick of hearing that they'll only take you if you have insurance and keep you for only 7 days, maybe a month maximum. That's a disgrace. People are dying because of being turned away. I would love to work at a rehabilitation center and help these people in honor of my brother open one in the Bridgewater, MA area. I'll run it if I have to. I have a degree in the medical field.

I am not the only one affected by these insane laws keeping medication from those who need it. If we needed a medication to lower our blood pressure or our cholesterol, no problem. If you need pain medication just to get up and function, you are in big trouble. If you need everything except a simple medication that allows you to toilet yourself you are considered a drug addict. The absurdity of this is beyond my comprehension. The laws are hurting millions and no one cares except those suffering or those who love the suffering.

100% of the non-drug related mass shootings in Utah over the past 3 years were caused by disturbed fathers killing their own family and themselves (Mass Shooting Tracker). In countries with tighter restrictions on gun ownership, far fewer (2x - 20x) gun suicides and murder-suicides exist. Mental Health reform is the underlying issue, but restriction of access has an undeniable positive impact and saves lives while mental health reforms take shape.

I want our legislators to listen to the voters in Virginia, and not the Gun Lobby that makes large campaign donations. Children's lives are more valuable that. My grandchildren in Virginia schools matter more than dollars!

I am a 70+ year-old Montanan and a gun owner. My parents were both born in the state, and both owned guns. Neither of them obsessed about it; guns – rifles and handguns – were tools, to be respected and kept in good condition, not to be played with, not to be worshiped. My brother and I were taught to shoot and to handle guns safely and respectfully, as useful objects to be used appropriately. I know there are many, many Westerners – and others – who share my experience and my respect for guns. I am neither paranoid nor delusional; I know that no one wants to "take my guns away" and I know it would be impossible in any case. I know that if enough of us sane people express our opinion about guns and let our lawmakers hear us, they'll have to listen.