Finally, let's wake up and hold the president, governor and all law makers responsible. The right to be safe from murder trumps the right of a well regulated militia to bear arms. It's the right of LIFE.

Nearly every meal we eat outside the home involves use of disposable food/drink containers, utensils, straws. A minority of these paper/ plastic/ styrofoam items are recycled; a massive burden of waste is generated from each meal. Even the process of recycling involves significant energy use and is not optimally efficient.

Gun technology has not changed in 100 years. The gun trigger and firing mechanisms in personal weapons are essentially the same as invented in the 1900's. Today we need safer weapons that utilize modern computer technology. The government needs to sponsor a technology competition to develop them. The answer is to utilize GPS navigation technology so that general issue weapons will only work in open spaces using electronic trigger systems and electronic rounds. If the gun cannot sense GPS information, the electronic trigger will not operate and the electronic rounds will not fire. This will allow sale of weapons and electronic rounds to sports people and general users without restriction. Persons wanting to purchase weapons that work indoors will need to pass rigorous background checks. Similarly persons wanting to purchase old percussion ammunitions will need special permits and those munitions will not be available for general retail sale. This will allow people in public places indoors to be protected automatically while allowing legitmate gun sports to continue in line with peoples constitutional rights.

Enough is enough. We may not be able to prevent every act of gun violence in this country, but we have to take action to set this country back on a sane path of responsible gun laws. Americans demand that our leaders stand up to the NRA and gun lobby. Yes we have the 2nd Amendment. But there is no excuse for allowing anyone to buy a military-style weapon at a gunshow without a background check, or supporting laws such as the recent one in Michigan that would allow anyone to carry a concealed weapon into a school. It's utter insanity and its got to stop.

Have the Ways and Means Committee review both of these bills for a vote in Congress.

Given the gun violence in the past week-first in Oregon and yesterday in Connecticut, it is time to ban all assault weapons. How many more people must die before we take action to ban all automatic and semi-automatic weapons?

The horrific act commited in Newtown Conn. is and must be the last straw. If our lawmakers will not take a moral stand against the NRA and other gun promotors, then we must act. Without the ability to know who is armed and ready to commit an act like this, we must at least have a fighting chance to protect our children. We must demand at the state, local and private sectors, armed security at all schools.

After the horrific tragedy in Newtown, CT, I realized that we as parents need to come together and make sure our innocent children and their teachers are safer at school.

Control of assault rifles and handguns that are easily concealed and easily obtained.

Considering the rash of mass murders in the last decade and the current spirit of American society, I believe that the context of the Second Amendment has changed so radically that it must be repealed. Life is more sacred than the Second Amendment.

Aligning the interests of those who make the laws and regulations with the people those laws affect.

"We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years...As a country, we have been through this too many times...And we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics." President Obama’s remarks on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on 12/14/12. It's time for the people to clarify that the Second Amendment only guarantees the right of the people to bear arms in a "well regulated militia", and that mere individuals are not a "well regulated militia".