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No gun free zones: Demand a vote on Citizens Protection Act H.R. 2613

To: The House of Representatives

My fellow Americans, it is time that we come to the realization of failed policies. In remembrance of the lives lost in this most recent tragedy we must band together to defend the right to bear arms more than ever. Understand that this occurred in an area which already has strict gun laws and...

My fellow Americans, it is time that we come to the realization of failed policies. In remembrance of the lives lost in this most recent tragedy we must band together to defend the right to bear arms more than ever. Understand that this occurred in an area which already has strict gun laws and also took place in a "gun free zone." Now there is no way to predict how many lives could have been saved or if this could have been avoided altogether, but we will never know unless we take a step in the right direction of freedom and individual liberties. Any citizen with the ability and right to carry a gun on that campus may very well have been a hero, among those many teachers who are already heroes in many ways. Let's empower the educators, not the criminals, because only criminals do not obey the laws and with this in mind there is no law that can change this fact. Liberty is what makes people safer, the ability to decide if you are a hero or a villain, not a law, because once a law is broken and there is no ability to stop a threat immediately then those involved are at the mercy of a response time. This is not safety and this is not liberty. So please spread the message of liberty and share this petition with your friends, family, and associates. Let's demand that our representatives give us, law abiding citizens, the freedom to protect our life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and not to empower criminals with "gun free zones."

"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed one."

~Thomas Jefferson

This petition closed on January 20, 2013.

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The Second Amendment:

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

H.R. 2613: Citizens Protection Act of 2011
112th Congress, 2011–2012

To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act.

The bill can be located and tracked at the link below:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr2613

E-mail your House of Representatives to support and co-sponsor H.R. 2613 - Citizens Protection Act of 2011 - Repeals provisions of the federal criminal code that prohibit the possession of a firearm in a school zone.

http://www.house.gov/representatives/

>>>>>> This petition sends your representatives a pre-written letter or you can edit it as you see fit:

http://petitions.conservativeactionalerts.com/8729/rightmarch-tell-congress-to-repeal-the/?m=3938574

Please also sign my WhiteHouse.gov petition, we need 150 signatures so that it can be searchable and viewable to the public without needing this link, currently as of this update on 12/17/2012 at 8:40 P.M. E.S.T. there are 49 signatures:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/end-gun-free-zones-and-we-people-demand-vote-citizens-protection-act-hr-2613/wYB29JCk

Ben Swann, independent news anchor, on gun control:

http://www.fox19.com/story/20378064/reality-check-are-calls-for-stricter-gun-laws-really-about-guns

Thank you for your support! It is our civic duty to protect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights from all enemies both foreign and domestic.

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." - Benjamin Franklin.

"There is no shame in not knowing. The problems arise when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

  1. Update #1

    Posted by Christopher Dillard (Campaign Leader) on Dec 21, 2012

    My whitehouse.gov petition was stopped today, on the last day of this years session of the House and Senate. The petition was supposedly given a response by president obama, however the response is not worthy of being watched. Here is my breakdown of what was said in the 2:49 video:

    "Obama goes so far as to say that he wants to "protect" our Second Amendment rights and still make America "safer." Lies, and propaganda which is what one would expect from an administration that re-passes...

    My whitehouse.gov petition was stopped today, on the last day of this years session of the House and Senate. The petition was supposedly given a response by president obama, however the response is not worthy of being watched. Here is my breakdown of what was said in the 2:49 video:

    "Obama goes so far as to say that he wants to "protect" our Second Amendment rights and still make America "safer." Lies, and propaganda which is what one would expect from an administration that re-passes provisions of the Patriot Act and passed the NDAA. Obama needs to be reminded that not everyone will fall for his silver tongue, and that the Second Amendment states that "the right to bears arms, shall not be infringed."

    The petition was stopped not because I was given a response, but because the administration does not want opposition to their plans of banning weapons in the new session, early next year in January. My advice, buy whatever weapons you can at gun shows that leave little to no paper trail for the government to track. We do not want to end up like the American Japanese in the 1940's, and it nearly brings a tear to my eye just thinking about what they had to endure. Now more than ever we must spread this message and take action against the tyrannical government which means to leave us defenseless against it's private Blackwater militia. Do not allow the Second Amendment to be thwarted again, because in the end we all know what happened in other countries once we allow this to happen to us now. Do not let history repeat itself, and stand up for your Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/end-gun-free-zones-and-we-people-demand-vote-citizens-protection-act-hr-2613/wYB29JCk

    Christopher Dillard

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I live in a free country with lots of gun laws and only 52 fire arms- related deaths last year. The US had over 10,000. How would less gun laws make your country better? None of your arguments make sense. The majority of gun-related deaths in the US are suicides- how would less gun control help that? Arming everyone would make you a country at war with itself. It was guns owned by a teacher that were used in the latest shooting. We feel sad for all of you as we look at you from as far away...

I live in a free country with lots of gun laws and only 52 fire arms- related deaths last year. The US had over 10,000. How would less gun laws make your country better? None of your arguments make sense. The majority of gun-related deaths in the US are suicides- how would less gun control help that? Arming everyone would make you a country at war with itself. It was guns owned by a teacher that were used in the latest shooting. We feel sad for all of you as we look at you from as far away as we can and see what you are too blind to see. You love guns more than each other. More than yourselves. More than your children.

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Michael Puckett

how many non fire arm tradgedies are there in your country. im glad your not in this country.

Michael Sutton

I don't agree with the end of your statement. I am a father of 4 and there isn't a gun on this planet that love more than my kids. That being said, I am also a gun owner and do like my guns. I compete with them, I hunt with them, & I am a custom gunsmith who builds custom rifles. I love my work but not more than my kids. That was a totally inappropriate remark and frankly, I think you should apologize for it, but I know you won't because you are sitting so far away in your free country with little crime judging us.

TO TAKE DWN. A NATION YOU MUST FIRST DISARM IT'S CITIZENS......... "ADOLPH HITLER" WE SIMPLY CAN NOT LET THIS HAPPENE EVER AGAIN.... PERIOD

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Tom Johnson

Mike you look silly and are probably a liberal pussy. Take YOU serious? I think not!

Bill Watling

Doesn't matter much whether you agree or not Michael. It is a fact, both that Hitler said it and that it is a way you can take down a nation. Unarmed people are NOT citizens, they are subjects or more appropriately - slaves!

Does anyone else see the correlation between the gun law bans and the increase in shootings? Just like the exotic animal bans and the MURDER (NOT SUICIDE) of Terry Thompson in Zanesville, Ohio just a few days before the vote? Coincidence? I seriously doubt it.

Sara Serval

dam, you are right, I never thought about that.

Rebecca Girard

Sara I know you're awake Girl!

they want America disarmed and I think punishing responsible gun owners for these acts of violence is not logical.

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Joe Myrick

Cotton, they are communist's, appearing to be socialist's, because socialism appears to the deceivable as not so bad.

Cotton Essex

well yes you are correct

Do you really need a gun that shoots five to seven rounds per second?

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Danny Madry

It's not likely that out government will rebel against us but there is a good chance that this slaughter could happen again. Why do you need a weapon like the Newtown shooter used?

Jim Watts

Danny where have you been getting your informtion? Danny when I was in Lawenforcement it was very clear to me and my fellow Officers that it is very easy to get black market weapons that have come across the Mexican U.S. border. ad guys do not buy firearms through legal channels because they are traceable. They either steal them or buy them from the smugglers on the Monterry Express.

PUT PRAYER BACK INTO SCHOOL THAT WELL HELP ALOT.

Michael Puckett

forcing religeon on ppl never saved them from anything.

Patriotic Viet Vet

Saved my ass Puckett.

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