Gun control petition to White House gets large and immediate support online

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A petition urging the Obama administration to “produce legislation that limits access to guns” has more than 25,000 signatures just hours after its inception.

“The goal of this petition is to force the Obama Administration to produce legislation that limits access to guns,” it reads in part. “While a national dialogue is critical, laws are the only means in which we can reduce the number of people murdered in gun related deaths.”

A petition on the White House's “We the People” website needs 25,000 signatures in the first month of being posted to earn an official White House response. The gun control petition – initiated in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school massacre on Friday - reached that threshold in a few hours.

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At a press conference, President Obama said meaningful action should be taken to prevent future shooting tragedies.

The president said "it is time to take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics," an indication that Obama could be prepared to confront gun control.

Responding to Obama's press conference, Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said his organization was encouraged by Obama's comments.

"We were moved by President Obama's raw emotion during his remarks today," Gross said. "We are committed to working with him to channel it into the change that is too long overdue."

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Someone help me out here, what the heck is this:

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“Powerful lobbying groups allow the ownership of guns to reach beyond the Constitution's intended purpose of the right to bear arms,” the petition continues. “Therefore, Congress must act on what is stated law, and face the reality that access to firearms reaches beyond what the Second Amendment intends to achieve.”

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What?

Can any dumb maroon draft a petition and slap it up there? (Rhetorical question!)

Quote: FP123 wrote in post #2

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Someone help me out here, what the heck is this:

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“Powerful lobbying groups allow the ownership of guns to reach beyond the Constitution's intended purpose of the right to bear arms,” the petition continues. “Therefore, Congress must act on what is stated law, and face the reality that access to firearms reaches beyond what the Second Amendment intends to achieve.”

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What?

Can any dumb maroon draft a petition and slap it up there? (Rhetorical question!

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This not not any dumb maroon, this is someone 'not letting a crisis go t waste. ' .

I have a few knee jerk, emotional friends on FB. Interestingly enough, not one of them has called for increased gun control.

I would love to see a petition calling for us to do as the Israelis effectively did and arm the teachers.

That is a really low number, compared to the number of socialist in the country.

Five teachers in each school with a 410 saiga and trained how to use them would put an end to this crap.

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Quote: FP123 wrote in post #2

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Someone help me out here, what the heck is this:

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“Powerful lobbying groups allow the ownership of guns to reach beyond the Constitution's intended purpose of the right to bear arms,” the petition continues. “Therefore, Congress must act on what is stated law, and face the reality that access to firearms reaches beyond what the Second Amendment intends to achieve.”

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What?

Can any dumb maroon draft a petition and slap it up there? (Rhetorical question!

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This not not any dumb maroon, this is someone 'not letting a crisis go t waste. ' .

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I hear ya alger, I was commenting on that one nonsensical paragraph in particular!

Quote: Mr_Magoo wrote in post #5

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I would love to see a petition calling for us to do as the Israelis effectively did and arm the teachers.

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