A ban on concealed carried weapons negatively impact people who only sought to protect themselves against known impending threats. Banning a person's right to carry a weapon assumes that the only dangers threatening him will fall at his doorstep. I have been personally affected by this ban because my nineteen year old son was shot at last year while he was in his car. The offenders shot out the back windshield. My son escaped, terrified. These same guys had beaten his friend the week before with a pistol. The police told us there was nothing they could do and for my son to lay low. Every time my son left home, the assailants attempted to harm him and he got away each time; the last time he called the police who came just in time to save my son's life. My son was afraid for his life and purchased a gun because all he had before was his feet to run away, which are not much good against a flying bullet. During an unlawful traffic stop for tinted windows in the city of Chicago, my son's weapon was found in the car. He admitted it was his. It was never used. And now my nineteen year old son is in jail with a felony conviction that will ruin him for the rest of his life because he was trying to save his life from aggressors. He was in college at the time of the shooting. He flunked out the second semester because he was scared to go to school every day and was suffering from post-traumatic stress. He was paranoid and could no longer focus on school. My son should have had the right to arm himself against a known threat since the police, in their own words, could not protect him. A ban on concealed protects criminals, not victims. And now my son went from college student to felony criminal.

In the state of New Mexico, an unfair tax (Gross Receipts Tax) is levied on all professionals who serve populations (such as Native Americans, minorities, and those living in the culture of poverty) who receive state Medicaid and Medicare monies disbursed federally.

My son & daughter-in-law and two grandsons live in Maplewood, NJ and suffered through Hurrican Sandy, but not anywhere near as badly as many many others. Why was a vote on the relief bill cancelled?

Rumors that entitlements such as Medicare and Social Security will be considered as a negotiation tool in the debt ceiling and to reduce the deficit. Even the President has mentioned it being on the table. Please sign this petition, warning Congress and the White House to leave Medicare and Social Security alone.

State testing should not be used to dictate curricula nor deprive struggling schools with needed funding. Rather, it should be a tool to identify a student's academic strengths and natural proclivities. The discouraging results of the punitive policies of "NCLB" have led to: increased class sizes, school closures and furthermore, have reduced educators to "teaching to the test"; thereby defining a limiting notion of academic success. End the proliferation of "high stakes testing" mandates beleaguering our public schools. Cease and desist the promotion of unqualified tests which serve to benefit the test makers but not the test takers. Stem the flow of tax dollars away from for-profit corporations. Halt the march towards de-professionalization of educators. Acknowledge that the corporate model does not produce positive results in the classroom. Channel resources back into the classroom in order to compensate dedicated teachers, hire new teachers (who have invested in classical training), provide class materials, and support programming which enhances public education. It is crucial that we invigorate the public education system with well-rounded curricula which strongly supports the arts, foreign languages, science, technology, crafts, appropriate training in a broad range of physical education and good citizenship opportunities, as well as the three Rs. In this way, we would be enabled to invest in successful individuals who are well-primed to makes valuable contributions to our social fabric.

We need a safer more eco friendly materials and fuel. And, its too hard to keep denying the positive and healthier uses of cannabis.

The 2 Amendment right bear Arms for law abiding citizen.

I think it's ridiculous that the NFL gets to be listed as a tax nonprofit organization like churches and other charities. I don't think many Americans would accept the fact that they pay no taxes. Everyone knows that they are business and make plenty of money.

Let's look at the bigger issue. Alcohol, Tobacco, Drugs, Obesity, and just being stupid, kill more people daily then any nut job with a gun. Lets go after the real killers of our kids and friends," Our Society that accepts the other killers".

For The USA Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches to grant a visa to the Great Chief Minister Modi of the state of Gujarat, India. You have granted visas to many leaders to visit this country who have done far worse to their citizens. And these leaders have admitted to their negligence and crimes. My Modi has not done any such crimes nor admitted to it. The Congress party of India and its leader the evil Sonia Gandhi have poisoned the American leaders against him. But rest assure as the rest of the world has begun to admire this great human being, your time will come where you will be required to meet him. You will need him. It is time to build a relationship now.

Puerto Ricans had never had the freedom from external forces to chose our path in the world.

Rick Combs, director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, has requested $775,000 to pay dues to such organizations as the National Conferences of State Legislatures, the Council of State Governments, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Nevada taxpayer money should not be used to fund "corporate lobbying" by ALEC organizations.