The gun violence epidemic is a threat to all Americans.This petition seeks to demonstrate support to the President and Congress for the Presidential Task Force's proposals regarding the regulation of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and the closing of registration and background-check loopholes.

As a father and a grandfather I want no one to have the opportunity to kill any of my offspring with weapons that should only be used in military type environments.

We urge Senator Amy Klobuchar to promptly take a public position supporting the President's initiatives to reduce gun violence in the United States.

Congress too often votes for policies that rich lobbyists favor in order to get them to contribute to their re-election campaigns. Term limits reduces the number of re-elections and the need for re-election funding, stopping Congress from depending on rich donors and lobbyists (such as the NRA) to contribute to their re-election campaigns -- freeing Congress to vote using its conscience.

The poor come into contact with the police far more frequently than their white counterparts. This means a black teen may be stopped and questioned several times a day, merely due to his race or class. The people who end up defending these folks, both the guilty and the innocent, are the states Public Defenders.

Our petition is in support of a resolution to be presented to the Indiana Legislature by Representative Delaney calling for a study of gun violence in Indiana to determine steps that can be taken to curb it. In 2009, more Hoosiers were killed by firearms than by motor vehicles.

I would like to force Washington into term limits for Senators and Congressman to two terms.

Iran is imprisoning and abusing an American pastor because of his faith. Iran, home of one of the world’s most radical Islamic regimes, is holding American Pastor Saeed Abedini because he is a Christian, refusing to release him, and subjecting him to unspeakable abuse. We are launching an international campaign to free Pastor Saeed, and we need Americans to mobilize for religious liberty. Urge the President, the State Department, and every Member of Congress to take a stand for an American Christian. Petition to Free American Pastor Saeed Abedini To: President Obama, the Secretary of State, and the United States Congress Iran’s radical and violent jihadist regime is persecuting an American pastor for exercising his fundamental right to religious freedom. The United States cannot tolerate such assaults on its own citizens. Take all available diplomatic and legislative action to pressure Iran to respect religious freedom and release Pastor Saeed.

The National Rifle Association, which used to be concerned primarily with gun safety, has turned into a tool for gun manufacturers to manipulate our legislators to their own benefit. And we the people are suffering for it. It's time to STOP the NRA and start protecting OURSELVES!

Lecturers and professors at the University of Michigan teach the same courses with no evidence of any difference in the quality of their teaching. Students pay the same amount of tuition for a course, regardless of who teaches it. Yet lecturers are paid significantly less for their teaching than professors are. (For additional information, visit the website http://www.leounion.org and read the report "Teaching Equality.")

This petition is about making National elections more accessible to the working class and to the general public.

EVIL has plagued our nation, schools, and government ever since a petition was submitted, years ago, like this one, to remove the option of prayer in our schools!