Sandy Hook elementary, the Oregon Mall shooting, Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting, Aura Colorado movie theatre, Virginia Tech, the list goes on and on, how many innocent people have to die before we change the gun control laws to protect these victims?

At every new tragedy where assault weapons are used, we clamor that "something should be done". Let's take the initiative on gun licensing and registration norms, and not let the NRA impose the ideology of fear on us.

The reason our country doesn't have reasonable and effective gun control laws is because the National Rifle Association is a major political contributor. We can't ban the NRA or defund it, but politicians can say "no" to taking their money. Candidates and politicians who do accept money from the NRA should be called on it both before and after they are elected. It's the only way to take our country back from those who prioritize the size of their arsenals over the murders of thousands of Americans every year.

The news is flooded, today and other days, with news of school shootings and violence. While many want to know the relevant facts, the practice of interviewing children on camera is unethical and lacking in integrity. These interviews are re-traumatizing and exploitative of children for purposes of "entertainment". Urge the news media, both local and national, to stop this practice of interviewing children at crime scenes.

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban expired in 2004. Assault Weapons are manufactured for rapidly firing at human targets from close range. It should be a top priority for the safety of Americans to re-enact the Federal Assault Weapons Ban as a positive step toward keeping our citizens safe, our law enforcement safe, and our children safe.

Gun purchase is too easy and to many times guns fall into the wrong hands. Guns and ammunition should not be sold online. The only way that anyone should have access to the purchase of a gun and/or ammunition is through a rigorous face to face sale and background scrutiny. Look at all the young lives that were lost in the elementary school shooting. How could a 20 year old get access to such a gun - easy just check online - anyone can purchase any type of gun without any type of background check. Sign this petition and ask our President to ban online gun sales.

The killings in Newtown CT today were a preventable tragedy. Assault weapons should be illegal in the United States.

We need to keep guns off the streets and away from children, there is no reason a child or a teenager should be able to get there hands on a gun...also I think there has to be metal detectors in all schools asap.Something has to be done...

I do not know about anyone elses feeling but I am so tired that our children are paying with their lives the decisions the adults have made!There has to be something done about the Guns in America! This is so Insane! I do not care what the Politics are or the Financial gain or loss! We need to stop this Insanity NOW! How many more times does this need to happen? How many more lives will be taken? We need GUN CONTROL! Not partial but FULL in your face GUN CONTROL! Please do something or tell us what to do! Twenty Children and 7 adults died needlessy today! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

I do not know about anyone elses feelings but I am so tired that our children are paying with their lives the decisions the adults have made!There has to be something done about the Guns in America! This is so Insane! I do not care what the Politics are or the Financial gain or loss! We need to stop this Insanity NOW! How many more times does this need to happen? How many more lives will be taken? We need GUN CONTROL! Not partial but FULL in your face GUN CONTROL! Please do something or tell us what to do! Twenty Children and 7 adults died today and IS so Senseless! There is and never will be any rhyme or reason for ANY of this!Could anyone even come close to imagining how YOU would feel if this happened to you! No! So we need to React NOW not later our Children are counting on us! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

20 children were murdered today in the United States. These children join the countless others in the United States who have been robbed of life through the barrel of a legally and easily purchased firearm. It's time to change the gun laws in this country. Please join me in writing to the President.

Our children's safety should take primacy over the unfettered access to guns that is the hallmark of this country.