VOTE ON GUNS

On Friday December 14, a gunman armed with three high-powered firearms and high-capacity magazines walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Hundreds of shots were fired and twenty first-graders, ages six and seven, and six educators were killed.

This violent and horrific event aimed at children shocks our conscience and country. Our hearts are broken, our souls weep, and our arms are outstretched to the families of the victims, the survivors, the first responders, and the entire community of Newtown, Connecticut. In just the last few months, we have seen shootings at schools, malls, theaters, and houses of worship. We are pained and dismayed by the pandemic of gun violence, far exceeding other western nations, and we will not accept it.

Our tradition teaches us of the sanctity of life and how each and every person is created in the divine image. We must directly confront gun violence so that our nation is not marked nor the years measured by senseless massacres. We will not allow the intense emotion we feel now to return to a place of complacency where we become desensitized to the atrocities that unfold around us daily. We must come together to build a society worthy of those lost and a culture that represents our best virtues.

We stand committed to working with our local, state, and national leaders to squarely address these issues and honor the victims, survivors, and their families. We recognize the right of Americans to own guns, but we do not accept the current state of affairs. We stand united and call on our leaders to support comprehensive action, including meaningful legislation to limit access to assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines, aggressive enforcement of firearm regulations, robust efforts to ensure that every person in need has access to quality mental health care, and a serious national conversation about violence in media and games.

We, the undersigned, ask that President Obama, Congress, and every citizen to take direct and unequivocal action to stop the outrageous and unacceptable violence that is destroying the fabric of our society.

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1-25 of 17564 signatures

Number	Date	Name	Location
17564	Wed Jun 19 00:40:14 EDT 2013	Sharon Hanopole	Silver Spring, MD
17563	Wed Jun 19 00:35:43 EDT 2013	Karyn Gold	New York, NY	We are depending on you to do the right thing for your constituients. We must make our communities safe for our children and ourselves. Violence does not discriminate. Please put your family and mine More....
17562	Wed Jun 19 00:30:19 EDT 2013	Ronald Dreyer	Scarsdale, NY
17561	Wed Jun 19 00:21:05 EDT 2013	Jeff Camhi	Jerusalem, ot
17560	Tue Jun 18 23:53:27 EDT 2013	Ruth Neuwald Falcon	Seattle, WA
17559	Tue Jun 18 23:31:00 EDT 2013	Betsy Blume	Fort Lauderdale, FL
17558	Tue Jun 18 23:28:45 EDT 2013	Carol Silverman	Scarsdale, NY
17557	Tue Jun 18 23:14:00 EDT 2013	Sylvia Amato
17556	Tue Jun 18 23:12:09 EDT 2013	randy faktor
17555	Tue Jun 18 22:38:51 EDT 2013	Judith Panitch	Chapel Hill, NC	We are counting on you to do the right thing, to place our children ahead of the interests of the gun lobby.
17554	Tue Jun 18 22:35:42 EDT 2013	Cindy Dubansky	Richfield, MN
17553	Tue Jun 18 22:11:35 EDT 2013	Mark Cappetta	Rancho Mirage, CA
17552	Tue Jun 18 22:05:43 EDT 2013	Jonathan Rothstein	Hewlett Harbor, NY
17551	Tue Jun 18 21:43:32 EDT 2013	Sybil Fiszbein	West Bloomfield, MI
17550	Tue Jun 18 21:39:11 EDT 2013	stephen harr	georgetown, TX	Instead of investigating every piece of nonsense that exists, why don't y'all get to work and give us some decent legislation that will reduce gun crime?
17549	Tue Jun 18 21:38:10 EDT 2013	Judi Markowitz
17548	Tue Jun 18 21:35:53 EDT 2013	Sarah Bauman	Lincoln, NE
17547	Tue Jun 18 21:27:17 EDT 2013	Deborah R. stein	Syracuse, NY
17546	Tue Jun 18 21:27:10 EDT 2013	Deborah Alexander	Skokie, IL	Thank you. This obsession with guns in this country is responsible for so many murders and injuries. The Jewish solution is so appropriate. No more assault weapons!
17545	Tue Jun 18 21:05:28 EDT 2013	Gail Krasner	New Rochelle, NY	I urge you to pass an assault weapons ban and tighten security and background checks.
17544	Tue Jun 18 20:59:30 EDT 2013	Rachel Fried	Brookline, MA
17543	Tue Jun 18 20:48:01 EDT 2013	Barry Shear	Charleston, SC
17542	Tue Jun 18 20:39:14 EDT 2013	Barbara Engel	Glencoe, IL
17541	Tue Jun 18 20:09:05 EDT 2013	DB Leiderman MD	VA
17540	Tue Jun 18 20:05:02 EDT 2013	Sandra Katz	Worcester, MA	I find it outrageous that members of Congress lack the spine to do what is morally, ethically and legally the right thing to do. I cannot fatham why anyone would need an assault rifle with rounds and rounds More....

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