Background checks for gun ownership is essential for public safety. Ignoring certain classes of weapons is irresponsible.

a friend of mine at 15 years of age was given a life sentence for a crime she did not commit, because the person was a minor and was not versed in the law or it's application.This type of issue occurs to often to young people of color and of limited resources.

For Salt Lake City to support hate crime and back its perpetrators, it demonstrates that this city still has a long way to go to achieve true racial equality. To support hate crime perpetrators sets bad a precedent anywhere, as we need racial unity, not division, following an increase of high-profile (black-on-white) officer involved shootings that killed Michael Brown in Missouri and Darien Hunt in Utah.

Over taxation

Change the female graduation robes from yellow to white. This change will affect all graduating classes.

To address a nation wide issue with excessive force used by law enforcement and prison guards.

The urgent need for immediate action on climate change.

I read numerous articles on sting operations - they are growing to meet statistics on how many criminals are arrested. In a number of cases they are setting up the sting where it is a very fine line between enticement and not. They prey on certain profiles where left alone, they may have never become a criminal. We have the highest incarcerated population in the country. I am asking that laws be created where sting operations can only be set up on existing criminals. This ensures that the person has truly committed a crime at least once and not be convicted and imprisoned on a hypothetical crime. Law enforcement has gotten extremely good at the enticement game.

This residential neighborhood has been saturated with vehicles parked by people who take the rail road and leave their vehicles for days, along with others who park for hours to shop and bank. There are also vehicles parked which are stolen and have been removed by the NYPD. This has been continuous for years and makes it extremely difficult for residents to live normally in this area. There are many children in this area who's parents feel are unsafe due to the speeding vehicles that drive threw. Their are also nonresidential vehicles parked in driveways blocking residents from moving their vehicles. Street signs and other measures need to be taken in order to prevent this from happening.

Fair and Democratic Election

We support keeping the Provo, Utah Mail Processing Plant open and maintaining the strongest possible Post Office in Utah.

By blocking bills allowing employees to discuss pay, and thus narrowing the pay gap, Congress is denying Americans their First Amendment rights. The government cannot pick and choose what aspects of speech we have a right to discuss. The government cannot choose which amendments it can be lax on, and which ones they are going to strictly enforce. All should be enforced equally, including the First.