It is apparent that a majority of the elected members of the United States Congress do not have the political courage or political will to enact meaningful legislation to deal with the epidemic of gun violence facing our nation. Accordingly, under Article V of the United States Constitution, we the citizens of the United States demand that the Legislatures of two-thirds of our States apply to the Congress to call a Constitutional Convention to adopt the Amendment to the United States Constitution set forth below.

How many more people have to die before we become a "civilized country"? July 20, 2012; 12 people killed in a movie theater in Colorado. December 11, 2012; 2 people killed in a mall in Oregon. December 15, 2012; 27 people killed in a school in Connecticut. We should be able to go on with our lives without fearing to be killed in a school, a movie theater or while shopping. Possession of semi-automatic weapons should be banned.

No doctor can practice in the U.S. without a residency. The number of residency positions has been capped since 1992. Unless more are added it is irrelevant how many med school graduates we have, there is a bottleneck. If you agree we will need a lot more doctors to care for our aging population and all the people who will be eligible for care under the ACA, tell your people in Congress to support the bills being proposed in both Houses to increase funding for training spots.

Isn't it about time that we stop killing innocent people including young children with gun?

Protecting our children is the number one priority at every level of our society. In light of past and present violence and the potential for future violence in our schools, the signatures below hereby call for an institutional policy of having a full time police officer assigned to every public school in our nation during the school hours of every school day.

High School should be reformed so that it helps students find what they are truly interested in. Currently, schools focus too much on preparing their students to take standardized tests. High school becomes an unrelenting routine of studying subjects in which you have no interest and dealing with peers with whom you have little in common, all the while experiencing the stresses of puberty. To relieve these tensions, I propose that students be allowed to set the pace at which they complete the high school curriculum, perhaps extending it over a fifth year. Students should be able to explore a range of subjects, pursue extracurricular activities, take some free time, and discover their true interests and passions. Also, they should be able to go to school just to attend classes without being stuck there for the entire school day.

!00% background checks. No sale of automatic guns to the public.

I have had enough death and dying by way of bullets in this country that constitutionally boasts of freedom. I stand with the second ammendment right to bear arms, but lets get real: we don't need automatic assault weaponry to shoot game. I myself have never owned a gun, but I also appreciate those who do shoot to feed families, these are not the folks I speak of. Keep handguns legal,but, please! Stop the AR weapons and bullets. Love, a Democrat and Republican voter.

Stop the senseless mass killings. Enough is enough.

As a school employee, I realize the tragedy in Newtown could happen at any of our schools.

In light of the tragic murders of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, we urge you to pass sensible gun control legislation and ensure that mental health care is adequately funded in the ongoing "fiscal cliff" negotiations.

To help family's with mentally challenged teens and young adults. Also to stop Hollywood from putting out the stupid violent movies and the companies that put out the horrific games that our young adults and teens play.