Enough is enough. This is about FREEDOM The freedom for kids to play in a playground and not get slaughtered. The freedom to go to a mall and not get slaughtered. The freedom to go to a political rally and not get slaughtered. The freedom to go to a movie and not get slaughtered. The freedom to go to a night club and not get slaughtered. The freedom to go to a concert and not get slaughtered. The freedom to go to a church and not get slaughtered. The freedom for kids to go to elementary school and not get slaughtered. And did you know that asshole shot those 20 kids a minimum of 3 times each in the face in under 5 minutes. AND NOW AGAIN the freedom for kids to go to high school and not get slaughtered. People kill people, that is indisputable. We will never stop a mad man from killing but the AR-15 and all the tactical armaments that have been unleashed on us by the NRA, the gun lobbyist and by their enablers in the State and Federal legislative bodies HAVE ENABLED THIS TYPE OF MADNESS TO KILL SO MANY IN SO LITTLE TIME! And there is no reason these weapons are available other than these boys want their toys for fake bravado. It has nothing to do with the second amendment or any real need or right. THE TIME FOR SILENCE IS OVER! I am a registered Republican who has been wondering what happened to the party since the mid-90s. I am not a liberal in any sense, I am more Center Right. I own 14 firearms but no handguns or AR-15s because I have always believed they pose a serious danger to society which has been bore out too many times to count and should not be in circulation. I am 62 years old and my heart cries for this country like never before.

Changes to NCRA’s position on contracting took place in 2016 without notice to membership. We request that NCRA continues its Government Relations support at the state level for anti-contracting legislation in keeping with its longstanding promotion of high ethical standards and its past statements on this subject: "NCRA believes that the focus should be on ethics, not money. Arizona, Arkansas, Nevada, and other states have the sovereign right and responsibility to make sure that court reporters are neutral and impartial, both in fact and appearance. The integrity of the judicial process and the confidence of the people under our rule of law require no less. "NCRA is constitutionally protected in its efforts to support state legislation that will preserve the integrity of the legal system by ensuring the neutral and impartial role of court reporters in the administration of justice as officers of the court and guardians of the record." If the board will not renew its efforts to support states in upholding the profession's integrity against contracting, the signators of this petition will enact our rights under the NCRA Constitution & Bylaws, Article IX, Section 5, and appeal such decision for a membership vote at the 2018 Annual Business Meeting.

We have to be able to pass common sense gunlaws. Citizens should not be able to purchase Automatic or semi automatic weapons. This however does not mean eliminating the Second Amendment, rather limiting the kind of weapons a regular citizen, prior background check, can purchase.

Please Sign and Share. We will deliver your signatures. Yesterday, another mass shooting took place in a school leaving 17 people dead and many others severely injured. The shooter used an AR-15, a military-style assault weapon with large capacity magazines. This type of weapon was also used in previous mass shootings, including Aurora, Colorado; Newtown, Connecticut; San Bernardino, California; Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon; Sutherland Springs, Texas; and Las Vegas, Nevada. We do not want to hear our state and federal officials offering their thoughts and prayers for this latest tragedy – we want action now! Military-style assault weapons and large capacity magazines have no place in civilian society and are only designed to kill and injure large numbers of people in a short period of time. We cannot allow the daily carnage in our country to be the new normal. Tell the President, Congress and various state legislatures (including North Carolina) to act now to ban military-style assault weapons and large capacity magazines.

It is time for elected officials to stop taking money from the NRA and supporting their agenda instead of protecting our children.

Mistakes, or conscious discriminatory behavior, exhibited in State of Texas Vs. Dontavious Terrell Redmond, now inmate #2132001. Affected individuals either do not know their rights or cannot afford to hire legal representation willing to stand up against wrongdoings in the smaller Courts of the South. It is known that not only do Judges and Attorneys illegally converse among each other on the fates of the accused in smaller County Courts, but they willfully contort the laws of this Great Nation to reflect their own agendas or personal biases. These smaller County Courts do not uphold the Principal that an individual is innocent until proven guilty, and thus they often do not have and cannot meet the basic burden of proof of the accused guilty, yet return with the harshest of sentences. It is also known, that due to the privatizing of Prisons, these smaller County Courts are illegally being paid payola for sentencing these helpless individuals accused of a crime to serve as inmates in Privately Owned Prisons.

Two school shootings in Michigan this year. Are the gun sales not high enough? I would say the NRA is more then adequately represented in Congress. It's time for this special interest lobby to stop being represented louder then the actual members of this district and this country. Hiding behind states rights, and laws that could never have predicted the problems we find ourselves in now must stop!

How many families need to be destroyed before we come to our senses? Reasonable gun laws are supported by a majority of Americans. It's common sense and can no longer be ignored.

Gun laws are one thing. Making the user of guns strictly liable would be one clear way to protect Americans. Everyone is licensed and the license requires insurance, much like a car. Uninsured will be covered by gun manufacturers who must pay for the right to sell guns and are also liable for any acts or deaths arising from the use of the gun that they put into the hands of anyone. Liability is the answer. When someone else has to pay, the Congress will take notice. Market economics to control the sale and use of guns.

Guns are too powerful and in the hands of too many people. How many lives have to be lost? How many bullets have to render another person dead? How many schools, nightclubs, churches, music events, etc., have to be the host of people being killed left and right? How many people have to face the barrel of a gun and pray that the last thing they see isn’t a bullet charging at them, through tears causing their vision to blur? How many people have to overpower and reign with terror, all while behind a gun? How much has to happen before change happens? So many of the people we’ve lost to gun massacres could have done so many wonderful things, but more than that, they could’ve been around to see tomorrow, to face yesterday, and to embrace today. Military-style assault weaponry should be banned from civilian possession, including former military members. Psychiatric tests should be administered before permitting gun licenses and gun sales; tests should be given as regularly as every 6 months or so, to every gun owner. Complete, legitimate background checks should take place before supplying a gun, a fatal weapon, to someone. Control the type of guns allowed to be possessed by a civilian. You don’t have to rid of guns completely, but control the possession and restrict the uses of guns. Guns are lethal, and the longer we wait to change the culture of guns and control gun use and possession, the more blood there will be on the hands of all government officials.

We are barely 2 months into 2018 and there have been many school shootings by people who shouldn't even have had access to a gun in the first place. Most recently in Florida, there was a school shooting by a boy who had many Instagram posts of guns and dead animals. He also had previously commented on YouTube saying he was going to be a professional school shooter, yet he was able to purchase a gun.

The National Rifle Association has a financial chokehold on much of Congress. It's one of the main reasons why, in the wake of mass shootings such as the ones in Parkland, FL, Sutherland Springs, TX, Las Vegas, Orlando, San Bernardino, and Sandy Hook, we remain unable to pass commonsense gun laws.