I am no longer willing to sit and wait for the next mass killing to come to my community. The large majority of Americans support common-sense gun control, but we are being held hostage by a tiny minority of highly vocal members of the NRA, a group representing no more than 7 percent of the adult population - many of whom actually also support gun control. We can only counter the power of the NRA through our voices and our votes. I propose a state-by-state drive to gather signatures of registered voters who pledge to vote against any politician of any party who will not vocally support the kind of measures that will begin to eliminate the easy availability of guns which fuels the current crisis of killing in our country. I propose to keep the focus local - it is harder for elected officials to dismiss the numbers if they are presented with a pledge from voters only from their own state who make it plain whom they will and will not support. The state-by-state results will then also speak for themselves from a national perspective more clearly and with greater impact. If this petition shows strong support among MoveOn members, I would like to work with others to move the larger project forward on a state-by-state basis.

I am a teacher and practice "lockdown" drills now on what to do in the event of a school shooting. I should not have to make my students imagine a deranged gunman hunting them through the hallways of their place of learning and community. Every time a tragedy such as Parkland occurs, we wring our hands, debate online, then forget about it, fail to take action, and it happens all over again while too many politicians are lining their pockets with tainted money from an evil organization that cares more about profits from gun and ammunition sales than it does about the lives of innocent men, women, and children. After the Sandy Hook massacre of first graders and their teachers, more than 400 people have been shot in more than 200 school shootings. This doesn't even count churches, concerts, and other public spaces where people who have had too easy access to weapons specifically designed to kill people en masse have used them. Politicians who take NRA money are complicit in gun violence. It's time that all politicians reject the NRA.

This is the 18th school shooting of the year. This is only the 7th week of 2018. How many more children and staff have to die before this is taken seriously. This can happen to any of us and our families. Action must be taken now!

I write this through waves of tears. Florida is my home, Floridians are my people. This morning, my heart is again burning with pain and anger over a mass shooting that has devastated families and an entire community in my state. This time, it was at a high school. A HIGH SCHOOL. As a mother, the assault on the sanctity of school safety shakes me to my core. An armed 19-year-old former student went to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School yesterday afternoon and shot to death 17 people, wounding 14 more, five of them critically.[1] His weapon? An AR-15. Every fiber of my being is screaming that no civilian should have access to military-style assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition! The AR-15, a military-style assault rifle, was used in the Newtown, Orlando, and Las Vegas shootings, to name just a few. It is the weapon of choice for mass murderers and has no business being for sale in America. Right now, there is legislation ready to be passed in Congress that would get military-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition off our streets. No matter what the Parkland shooter’s affiliations, hatreds, mental health, or background, his access to a weapon that was designed to kill large numbers of people quickly was why 31 people were slaughtered or maimed yesterday. Change must occur -- it MUST occur -- before another community suffers the grief of gun violence. Congress has the power to take action to reduce gun violence and they still haven’t. Congress's cowardly inaction is intolerable. Enough is enough.

To hold Facebook accountable for letting Russians influence the 2016 election by making them pay to secure our election systems around the country.

My husband has been an educator for 25+ years and the safety of his students, colleagues, etc. should be a TOP priority.

I’m starting this petition because I am sick of seeing children being slaughtered in their schools and I’m nauseated by the inaction of my elected representatives. Please join me.

Let's ask Brad to give the NRA contribution back to the NRA. We have to stop murdering our children and STOP PROTECTING THE NRA.

It's obvious why I'm starting this petition... assault weapons have no place in regular society. I'm tired of fearing for my children's lives when they go off to elementary and middle school each day!! How sickening is it that this is a REAL WORRY that we have to face in the United States ?!?!?! What has happened to this country? Where is the common sense?

The National Rifle Association contributes large amounts of money to many members of Congress, including House Representative, Elise Stefanik. Rep. Stefanik has received $7,179 in support from the NRA. The NRA's financial hold on our Congress is undeniable. In the wake of national tragedies, our representatives hollowly extend thoughts and prayers to victims while accepting money from the NRA to ensure that nothing more is done to prevent future tragedies. Rep. Stefaniks position on gun control is tainted by the funds she has accepted from the NRA. This bribery of our representatives undermines democracy and must come to an end.

The new 5G technology has not passed any government safety testing. There is indisputable scientific evidence that “low-level” microwave radiation can harm human health. Action Requested: We urge you to halt the “5G” deployment and warn both the public and athletes of this reckless and insidious experiment. We especially urge an alert to athletes who were provided "5G" enabled devices such as mobile phones and computer tablets. These devices use a harmful new “5G” beamed technology that focuses radiation from cell towers directly to the user’s device. A product warning alert about “5G” microwave radiation will inform athletes and the public of the danger and advise them what to do if they experience immediate symptoms. It will also allow athletes to determine whether they wish to use these new “5G” electronic devices. Additional Background: As some of our planet’s finest young athletes, as well as residents, and visitors, gather in Pyeongchang for the Olympic Games, there is an insidious corporate experiment playing out. Korea Telecom, together with Ericsson and Intel, are using the Olympic Games to launch the 5G network, without any government safety testing. No one knows how this new 5G-microwave radiation technology will impact the delicate bioelectrical systems of human beings, plants, and animals. 5G includes higher millimeter wave frequencies never used before for Internet and communications technology. 5G also uses phased array and beam-forming technologies making these higher millimeter wave frequencies yet more potent. Instead of heeding the cautions of internationally respected scientists, these corporate entities are recklessly pushing to increase radiation exposure even more --- putting all humanity and the environment at risk. At the Olympic Games, unsuspecting athletes and the public have become guinea pigs for 5G phased array, microwave radiation technology. Athletes have been provided with special 5G-enabled tablets and mobile devices using a new beam-forming technology that focuses radiation from cell towers directly to the user’s device. Athletes and visitors could experience reactions such as nausea, dizziness, nosebleeds, cardiac problems, chest and head pressure, seizures, stabbing pains, and many other symptoms. More disturbing is that we already know that exposure to wireless radiation could result in harmful effects that may not surface until years later. What is happening in Korea demonstrates a reckless disregard for the health and safety of the Olympic athletes and the public. It blatantly disregards decades of research on non-ionizing radiation, and the recent warning of over 230 peer-reviewed published scientists from 42 countries to the United Nations and to the World Health Organization urging for more caution and greater measures to protect the public from non-ionizing radiation - the kind used in all our wireless technologies and 5G. https://www.emfscientist.org/index.php/emf-scientist-appeal Last year, 180 scientists, including two South Korean researchers, called upon the European Union to halt the roll-out of 5G until “potential hazards for human health and the environment have been fully investigated by scientists independent from industry.” https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B14R6QNkmaXuelFrNWRQcThNV0U/view We think that all Olympic attendees have the right to protect themselves from this serious invisible threat to their health. We demand that a product warning alert about the risks of 5G radiation exposure be immediately sent out to athletes and to everyone attending the Olympic Games. Links about health effects of radiofrequency/microwave radiation: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305689940_EUROPAEM_EMF_Guideline_2016_for_the_prevention_diagnosis_and_treatment_of_EMF-related_health_problems_and_illnesses (European Academy for Environmental Medicine’s EUROPAEM Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnesses) https://wirelessaction.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/irradiated.pdf (IRRADIATED A comprehensive compilation and analysis of the literature on radiofrequency fields and the negative biological impacts of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (particularly radiofrequency fields) on biological organisms) Links about 5G: whatis5g.info https://ehtrust.org/?s=5g http://whatis5g.info/health/2017/09/millimeter-wave-frequency-studies-and-reviews/ More about the 5G experiment at the Olympic Games: http://whatis5g.info/south-korean-oympics-and-5g/2018/02/stop-5g-launch-winter-olympics-south-korea-acute-public-health-reactions-likely/ https://www.opednews.com/articles/5G-launch-at-South-Korea-W-by-Nina-Beety-Athletes_Health_Health_International-180203-238.html http://fortune.com/2018/02/13/winter-olympics-2018-5g-networks/ Co-written by: Anita J. Prince, Nancy Wallace, and Katherine Kheel

Last week, my hometown, Du Quoin IL, had a shooting scare. A post online indicated a possible plan so the schools were locked down and the City police were stationed at the Middle and High School. They remained for about 4 days even after the youth posting the threat online had been arrested. My 14 yr. old thought we were overreacting. I explained why no one could take a chance and now, unfortunately, she sees exactly why.