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31. Medical Marijuana in all 50 states 
There are countless patients stating that medical marijuana use has helped their condition. No matter how bad the problem. I started this petition because i smoke marijuana and it helps with my depression and anxiety.
32. The right to carry concealed weapons in Illinois
The right to carry concealed weapons has been illegal in the State of Illinois for too long. The Senators and Representatives are not listening to the citizens of Illinois.
33. We Will Preserve the Youth Even if You Do Not
As a youth living in the slums of the city, one will undoubtedly come across and possibly even in contact with some unwholesome influences, such as gangs, gang violence, drugs, premarital sex and a plethora of others just like these. A youth walking to school perhaps might walk by a crowd of thugs who are smoking pot on a stoop.
This is an example of just how easy it is to be horribly influenced and possibly tainted by things outside a safe place like home. Amongst other factors let us just say these thugs don't care to hurt the schoolgoing youths with weapons they may or may not have. How easy would it become for a student to turn and face an aroma that perhaps smells good to them? As this gap begins to close, do you really think it will be 190 days before one of the thugs is offering the youths some drugs? Let us say yes it will be years before that happens, what if that is an ever approaching hazard rather than just a single event? is it plausible that a youth might come in contact with these thugs one on one and end up trying a little pot? -THE GATEWAY DRUG- If this is all so, then why would a mother banish from the house to the streets a youth of less age than 18 years?
I propose, nay urge you all to change your way of thinking from "get out" to "you're grounded". Consider this. If you "kick a child to the curb" you have all but created yet another pot smoking, stoop sitting, youth recruiting thug. Why? It maketh no sense that a child who runs away is detained but as of yet an ADULT is not, for casting the child out of the home.
34. Repeal NT Laws for Mandatory Reporting of Underage Sexual Activity
The Northern Territory Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 (sections 15 and 26) effectively denies young people the right to medical treatment, support, advice and privacy.
Under the law, everyone (parents, friends, neighbours) in the NT must report actual or suspected underage sexual activity or face a $22,000 fine.
Health workers, teachers, counsellors must follow this law or face a $22,000 fine.
Employers in child-related services who do not advise their staff about their obligations under this law face fines up to $22,000 and 2 years imprisonment.
When a health professional reports suspected underage sexual activity, the young person will be reported to child protection authorities and the Police.
We understand police will interview every reported case of underage sexual activity. An NT woman says two detectives came to her home after her 15-year-old stepdaughter’s visit to a doctor (NT News, 12 May 2009).
This makes the risk of young people getting caught up in the criminal justice system very real. The NT criminal code provides for jail sentences of up to 16 years for anyone (whether under or over 16 years of age) who engages in sexual activity with a person under 16 years of age.
As result, young people are now afraid to seek medical treatment for contraception, STIs and advice on pregnancy. Our group has reports of young people who are now too scared to go the doctor and have no-one else to turn to.
The NT already has an unacceptably high rate of teenage pregnancy. This regime will only exacerbate this problem.
This law breaches human rights. Every person, no matter what their age, race, gender or background, has the right to access medical treatment and the right to privacy.
This law does not protect young people, it puts them at
serious risk. It strikes at the foundation of family relationships, depriving young people of the ability to confide in family members or friends without fear of investigation and prosecution. Inevitably, families will also suffer through false or malicious complaints.
No-one in the community had the opportunity to put
their views on this law before it came into force. The NT Government’s laws on mandatory reporting of under 16 sexual activity were passed by sleight of hand, inserted into the law just the day before it was passed by the Legislative Assembly.
Mandating a certain age for reporting does not allow for the best outcome for every child. The law must have at its heart a reporting regime where harm and abuse are the test, not simply that a person under 16 is engaged in sexual activity.
We live in a country with one of the best health care systems in the world. Our young people should be able to access these services without fear of prosecution.
35. Make Changes For The NYPD Auxiliary Officers
Thur out the Auxiliary Program within the U.S. The City Of New York is the largest but most unarmed Auxiliary Police force.
We are not allowed to carry anything besides a baton. while are near by county's can carry Expendable batons (ASP) and pepper spray . In some states the use of Firearms ,taser's and other police items including Peace Officer power of arrest while on duty.
****We only have limited peace Officers Powers and only in case of an emergency or natural accident all other times we are citizen doing police work with no protection of the law or weapons.
36. Child Sex Offender Protection: Ambertrax
Please send a copy of this on your letter head if available to your local Senator and Congressman and delete this sentence. 1/2
AMBERTRAX
REAUTHORIZATION PETITION
A blind spot exists in law enforcements ability to protect our school children / grandchildren from registered sex offenders, whose void is about to get much bigger unless confronted, assigned our symbiotic mandates and a federal oversight program and support is passed into law.
37. No Distinction Between Dog Breeds
Unfair judgment should not be passed on anyone or anything. The fact that someone owns an American Pit Bull Terrier does not automatically mean they are a reckless, inattentive, or careless person nor does the fact that a dog is a Miniature Pinscher mean that is a destructive, hyper, or aggressive animal.
The different breeds are not the problem, issue, or dilemma. The thoughtless, negligent, and uncommitted owners are. Please stop these unjust acts and help protect the animals we love so much. Prosecute the negligent, oblivious, or caustic people that train and teach them to be violent and hostile.
38. Stop The Ammunition Accountability Act
The Ammunition Accountability Act (Alabama senate bill 541, Arizona house bill 2833, California senate bill 997, Connecticut Senate bill 603, Hawaii house bill 2392, senate bill 2020, 2076, house resolution 82-07, concurrent resolution 104-06, Illinois house bill 4258, 4259, 4269, 4349, senate bill 1095, Indiana house bill 1260, Kentucky house bill 715, Maryland house bill 517, Mississippi senate bill 2286, Missouri senate bill 1200, New Jersey assembly bill 2490, New York assembly bill 10259, 6920, 7300, senate bill 1177, 3731, Pennsylvania house bill, Rhode Island senate bill 2742, South Carolina senate bill 1259, Tennessee house bill 3245, senate bill 3395, Washington house bill 3359) is an act concerning ammunition coding. The purpose is to code and track all ammunition sold in the U.S. If passed into law, the act states that any person who manufactures handgun or assault weapon ammunition shall register with the commissioner of public safety and maintain records for a period of seven years concerning all sales, deliveries, and all other transfers of coded ammunition. In addition, any person selling coded ammunition at retail shall register with the commissioner of public safety, record the date of each sale, the name of the purchaser, the purchaser's motor vehicle operator's license number or other government issued ID card, the date of birth of the purchaser, and the unique identification code of the ammunition sold. The retailer must then maintain these records in a database for a minimum period of three years.
This system is flawed, an invasion of our privacy and unconstitutional.
1. It is an invasion of privacy to keep track of what type of rounds and how many rounds of ammunition a permitted, law abiding citizen purchases. This information should not be public knowledge unless the individual making the purchase is a criminal. This can be verified by the purchaser showing a valid state pistol permit.
2. The probability of a person obtaining someone else’s ammunition without the owner’s knowledge is far greater than obtaining control over another person’s firearm.
3. Serial numbers on ammunition can be bootlegged by criminals who know they can send an investigation in the wrong direction just by etching a fake serial number in the projectile. This can in turn incarcerate an innocent individual for a crime they did not commit.
4. This Act is an infringement on our right to bear arms. The Second Amendment clearly states “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. This amendment was put into place to keep power with the people of the state, not the government. The government taking control over our ammunition is an indirect infringement of this right.
39. Rights for Morgan County Students
We, the students, need room to make our mistakes these last years to adulthood. Its not right to pursue punishment for petty "crimes."
We aren't horrible misbehaved children. We need our chance to prove it.
40. Decriminalization of the Use and Possession of Marijuana in the State of Maryland
This petition's goal is to show the voice of the people of the state of Maryland. By today's common knowledge, there is outstanding proof that Marijuana has been for many years misunderstood and people were uneducated and forced into believing that it was extremely harmful.
Most of these forced ideas were backed by our government. Which has made people believe even to this day that marijuana not just harms but even kills. Yet there are 0 documented deaths caused by the plant. By common knowledge half a million U.S. citizens die from Tobacco, no record of a death or even proof of the cause of cancer from marijuana. 71 people are killed each day in alcohol related accidents in the U.S. compared to the 0 from marijuana. I long for a safer place for me, my family, my friends, and even my children and their children and so on.
With the Decriminalization of Marijuana in the state of Maryland we could do our part to cut down on the mass amounts of deaths each year from alcohol and tobacco, save and put mass amounts of money spent on the "War on Drugs" to good use such as schooling, health care, etc. and save the mass amounts of people who don't deserve to be in jail the right they are being declined to live a normal life, see their husbands, wives, children and other family, and allow them to be FREE.
Do your part, make our state a safer and better place to live in.
41. Change the Child Support Laws of Missouri
Child support laws in this country needs to be changed drastically. The laws are to broad and generalized and need to be guidelined for individual circumstances. Everyone knows someone that is being drug through the mud because of child support.
Granted there are those fathers that won't support their children, those that are making the effort to do so shouldn't be punished. Child support should not be set up to support the custodial parent's (usually the mother) whole family.
It should not be something that can be completely dependent on. Some parents use child support to intimidate other parents which means there is too much power behind it.
42. Stop Police Harassment in Arcata Skate Park
I would like to make an amendment to the rules of the Arcata Skate Park. As it stands, freestyle-bikes are not permitted in the park, and everyone is supposed to wear a helmet. Though I am not a regular user of the park, I often stop in and observe the sport, amused and welcomed by the calm atmosphere. I feel safe there, with the people who come to use the park, as it builds community and camaraderie.
That is, however, until the police arrive. I feel that the restrictions as they stand only leave it open for police harassment, not for safety.
Freestyle-bikes are not transportation. They are a sport in it's own right, and they enjoy the same terrain as skateboarders. Often, these bikes don't have multiple gears or breaks, but neither do skate boards. Based on my observation, they are no more likely to cause harm than skateboards, and freestyle-bikers wear their helmets more often than skaters, regardless of age.
For regular bicycle laws, all persons under 18 are required to wear a helmet. The same should also be true for all users of the Arcata Skate Park. Adults should be advised to wear helmets, as they are adults and can make intelligible decisions for themselves and deal with the consequences. While it is a good idea to make sure that these rules are enforced, as it stands, the police harass the inhabitants of the park, forming a dynamic that causes resentment against, what should be, the good Arcata police force. This might increase tagging as a form of rebellion against the police, and other forms of vandalism. By "enforcing" the rules of the Arcata Skate Park as it stands today, really, it is only costing the City of Arcata more money.
The Arcata Skate Park is a community building, safe atmosphere for all ages. I often see youngsters 10 years of age and younger, skating around adults of 25 years of age, 30, and older. There is no bullying, and everyone is careful around the beginners, often encouraging to the youngsters, helping them improve their skills. I've observed the freestyle-bikers and they are just as courteous as the skaters. When a police car comes into view, the inhabitants of the park will yell "po-po" and everyone stops skating, scattering the once calm atmosphere into disarray and tension. Arcata is one of the friendliest communities I've ever lived in, but this is something that will tear the young community from the rest of it. This leads to increased aggression and dissatisfaction as a young Arcata citizen, thus leading to more crime.
If there can be a repair to this rift, via changing the rules slightly, we will have a better community for all.
43. Allow Paintballing in Tasmania
Paintballing has never been legalized in Tasmania, leaving it the only state in Australia not to be legalized.
44. Tiukempi ampuma-aselaki Suomeen - Finland needs tougher gun legislation
Within less than a year, Finland has seen two separate school shooting tragedies.
On 7 November 2007, Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18, shot dead eight and himself at Jokela High School in Tuusula, southern Finland; on 23 September 2008, Matti Juhani Saari, 22, killed ten and himself at the college of Kauhajoki, western Finland.
Both Auvinen and Saari committed their murders by .22 calibre semi-automatic handguns, which both of them had legally obtained and registered with the police less than a month before the incidents. Both had received their permits on the grounds that target shooting at shooting range was their hobby. Auvinen was a member of a local shooting club, even if the club later confirmed that he had only attended a single one-hour training session there. As of the evening of 23 September it was still unclear whether Saari was a member to any shooting club; in legislation membership is not even a requirement. As is the common practice in Finland, both stored their guns in their homes.
With 56 firearms per 100 inhabitants, Finland has the world's third highest (official) gun ownership ratio in the world, behind only the US and Yemen. This reflects both a long national tradition of hunting and sport shooting, as well as, relatedly, a comparatively lax gun legislation.
Not only are hunting firearms (e.g. shotguns, rifles) easy to acquire by standards of any other any other rich-world country, but also handguns (e.g. pistols), with no relevant hunting purpose, can be obtained with very little inconvenience. (It is telling that Auvinen, a 18-year-old first-time licensee, had initially applied permit for a deadlier 9 mm Beretta pistol; this was denied as too powerful for a beginner, but since he had no criminal record such a request did not allow/oblige the police to either reject or vet further his second application.)
The Finnish government is currently preparing a new gun legislation. The need for a new law was prompted by an EU directive which mandates the countries to forbid the selling of firearms to people who are under 18 years old (something that Finland until the Jokela massacre opposed), and up to date was not meant to include any other major changes.
By signing this petition you express your concern over the Finnish gun laws, and demand the legislator to review them considerably further and sooner than required by the European Union.
Guns indeed never kill people, but they make it much easier. That's why owning them must be made more difficult.
45. Concerns about changes to immigration rules
We are writing this to invite your kind attention to an issue that affects all the ethnic minorities legally residing within the United Kingdom.It is for this very reason that I request your full attention when the proposed bill on Immigration and Citizenship is laid on the table before Parliament. The draft bill is going to be introduced in the parliament and we hope you can intervene in this matter while it comes for parliamentary debate.
On July 14 Home secretary Jacqui Smith announced sweeping changes in immigration rules on contrary to her own promise published in guardian newspaper (read the news in http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/20/immigrationpolicy.immigration).We do not have any objection to the proposal to tighten the boarder and limit immigration. However, there is one proposal that deeply disturbs the skilled migrants in this country, and we would like to bring this up to your attention.
According to the document announced by home secretary - THE PATHS TO CITIZENSHIP- the minimum period of permanent residency has been changed to 8 to 10 years from the current 5 years. If an immigrant does volunteer work, then he/she can apply for settlement after 8 years and if not he needs 10 years. We feel that this is not a fair deal to immigrants who are already here in this country with a belief that they could earn permanent residency after 5 years. The policy change will deeply unsettle immigrants who are expecting to get permanent residence rights shortly. Migrants like myself made innumerable sacrifices believing various promises made by the UK Government globally that once in UK they would be entitled to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) and citizenship in certain period of time and there by migrants gave up their established careers, sold properties, winded up all investments and uprooted their families to make UK their main home only to be unfairly questioned on their commitment to Britain and integration by asking them to spend more time and undergo various tests for settlement and citizenship.Most of these migrants who have come from outside Europe work in the Health sector like NHS hospitals and various Nursing and Residential homes throughout UK.
We find that the government has not properly considered the fact that almost all of the immigrants are working hard, paying tax and not at all taking any benefits from the system. However, the British media are only interested in highlighting the issues of illegal immigrants. Unfortunately, the government too, it seems, is following their example. Therefore we feel isolated and discriminated against. We are not illegal immigrants, we working hard for United Kingdom, does overtime jobs and ultimately pay high taxes for the government.
In this circumstance, we request you to kindly raise the following amendments when this bill is brought up for debate in parliament. We are attaching herewith the copy of the proposed changes, highlighting sections of the bill that may badly affect us.
1. As per the current system any foreign citizen who has lived in the country for 5 years with valid work permit can apply for settlement. Then, one year later, they are eligible to apply for citizenship. But according to the new proposals, if anyone wishes to apply for permanent settlement he/she needs a period of 8 to 10 years’ work experience in this country, though the citizenship period is still not changing. We request you to limit the proposed changes only in the case of new immigrants. Would you please propose an amendment that allows those already in the country keep their entitlement to settle as per the existing rules?
2. As per the changes proposed, if any one does not wish to take citizenship after the probationary citizenship, he must stay on for a minimum three more years, and in many cases five more years (effectively making it a total of 10 years), for the settlement visa. On the other hand people who wish to take citizenship can get it straight after the probationary period. Due to issues like restrictions in home country or immigrants’ strong ties with it, sometimes one family member takes British citizenship and the other may keep the born country citizenship. In situations like this, we feel that the above stipulation is discriminatory and therefore we request you to award either citizenship or settlement straight after the probationary period.
3. According to the proposal each candidate needs to qualify individually, rather than as a family. As per the strict immigration rules, the dependent can join the family only after the work permit holder settles in the UK. If the new rules are implemented the huge cost of applying for the PR will double as the application process will have to be done twice over. Many of the dependents may not be able to manage English well, though the main immigrant can easily do it. Under the new proposals a person may get settlement and but his/her dependent may not qualify for it. We are afraid this will be an extremely difficult and painful prospect for people looking forward to stable family life. Therefore we request you to propose an amendment to let the dependents apply with the main applicant, as is currently applicable.
4. According to the proposal, immigrants should do community work for speeding up their path to permanent residency/citizenship. Many of the immigrants are engaged in community work, thanks to their professions like medicine, nursing, social work and caring. We request you to kindly recommend to the government to exempt these professionals from community work. As we are working together for the community under our association’s banner, we would like to request to include this too as community work.
5.As per the proposed changes :"access to Higher Education will only be available to temporary residents and their dependants at the ‘overseas rate’ (NOT subject to the same fees as a British national) and provided they meet the entry requirements of the individual college or higher education institution.".Considering that the dependant children above 18 years of age are the future citizens of Britain and will be contributing to the country for another 40 years of their life, it is actually advantageous for Britain to continue with the rule of fees on par with British citizens for them. If the rule is changed they will be asked to pay the same fees as foreigh citizens who are non residents in UK . These fees will be 5 times higher,than the friends they studied with for 4 years or more already and will be a very discouraging as well as discriminatory factor. These kind of change in rules are likely to make them drop out of higher education which is a loss to UK since they will then need more skilled migrants and not let the skills develop within the people who are already on their path to permanent residency.
6. According to the proposal, the government is planning to collect extra annual fees from immigrants. We strongly believe it is discrimination as all immigrants pay full tax and NI, but never accept any kind of benefits. We also pay a huge amount for every visa processing steps. For example we are already paying around 1000 pounds for settlement visa. Therefore we request you to kindly recommend scrapping this plan while you implement the changes.
7.In addition to the travel restrictions to be followed in order to abide by the rules to obtain ILR, many migrants have been facing difficulties in getting permanent employment and senior level positions due to employers’ reservations in recruiting those with limited leave to remain. A year more involves a year more of employment limitations and lost opportunities. Migrants are unable to obtain mortgages to buy a house due to their limited visas as Banks and financial institutions hesitate to issue required mortgages. Needless to say all their plans have been jeopardised and it led to an insecure and unpredictable future. While the Government is busy planning for further changes in the permanent settlement and citizenship criteria later this year which is likely to further sabotage lives of existing migrants like myself.
8.The current draft legislation for Citizenship changes uses ambiguous terms such as “newcomers” which provides no indication whether the proposed law will only apply to those not yet admitted into the UK, or whether it will apply retroactively or retrospectively to persons resident in the UK and who would be applying for indefinite leave to remain or citizenship. Furthermore, the omission to provide vital definitions of terminology used in the draft bill undermines public comprehension and creates suspicion more so keeping in mind the recent retrospective changes of 2006. The initial conditions for the aforementioned categories were that after a period of four years they would be eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain and citizenship after five years. It appears that unless migrants that are resident in the UK are exempted from any new conditions posed by any new legislation and rules, persons who are about to acquire or have acquired Indefinite Leave to Remain may be forced to stay on this category for a period of up to six years before being eligible for citizenship. This would mean that a person like me who has been resident in the United Kingdom and has made innumerable sacrifices to settle here and is working hard, and paying taxes and have been looking forward for my timely permanent residency and thereby citizenship would be forced to spend more time and face more hardships to get permanent residency and citizenship.
9. We would also like to highlight is that due to the uncertainty over changes in immigration rules, many skilled workers, especially nurses, are moving from the UK to countries like the US and Australia. Please note that all these nurses are trained in NHS and they are leaving all on a sudden because of complications in the home office rules. Again, owing to the mandatory higher English language qualification only fewer nurses are coming into the country. As many qualified nurses leave, NHS and nursing homes will face an acute shortage of nurses and it will heavily affect the health service. Unfortunately it seems the UK government is not at all aware of the seriousness of this issue.
We hope your kind office will consider these facts and point out this in the parliament when the draft bill appears for debate. Any helps on this front will be highly appreciated.It is important for my family and many other people in similar situation that you pursue this matter further in the Parliament and with respective government departments and committees and convey your disagreement in applying such changes to existing migrants. I would also request you to get in touch with the Mr.Anish Mani (aneeshma@yahoo.com)who created this E-petiton to confirm your support and to further liaison with him for the cause of many affected people like myself.
46. Stop benefits from being given to illegal immigrants
With hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants entering this country each year, the strain on or social security, medicare, unemployment and other programs set up for hard working Americans, is at it's limits.
The creator of this petition welcomes those who migrate to our country legally, but those who come over the borders illegally, and expect our government to take care of them do not deserve the aid many are presently receiving.
Please read this article printed in the Washington times and see how you feel about it.
http://www.washtimes.com/news/2006/may/18/20060518-114132-2456r/
47. People of the street should be appointed as Judges
I'm sick to death of the judicial system with so called Judges letting criminals of scott free or far to lightly.
The majority of Judges that preside over our courts are out of date dinosaurs who have no idea what its like to live in the real world.
Here's our chance to get something done about it.
Stand with me brothers and sisters and together we can make a difference.
48. Stop the Sale of Pets to Minors
Everyday hundreds of pets are legally purchased by minors in the United States. In many cases, parents and guardians are unaware that the purchase has even been made.
Minors (i.e. Individuals under 18) are not legally responsible for themselves and therefore should not be legally able to claim full responsibility for another life. Whether the pet in question is a harmless kitten or a potentionally dangerous pet such as a large dog or python the sale to a minor should be prohibited.
For example a 16 year old boy here in London, Kentucky recently purchased an albino burmese python and kept it hidden from his parents for 6 months in his nightstand. Not only were the living conditions unsuitable for the python, but had the snake not been discovered it could have eventually led to physical harm to the boy and his family, and possible death. Pets such as Pythons need special care because of the enormous sizes that they can reach.
Other pets such as hamsters or kittens that are not potentionally dangerous should also not be sold to underage individuals, ownership of a pet is not a decision that a minor should be able to undertake without parental consent.
Whether harmful or not, all pets require attention and some form of adult supervision. It is unethical to expect a minor to provide proper care without a parent/guardians support.
49. Update The Drink Driving Laws Now!
I am sick and tired of constantly hearing about and seeing lives that have been wrecking, ruined shattered and lost due to the selfish and inconsiderate actions of the scum that still think that it’s fine to still drink alcohol and drive! So I propose and ask for your backing for 3 radical new changes to the UK Drink Driving Laws.
Number 1. Zero tolerance. Why should there be a limit? If one is all you can have then surely it isn’t needed. Then there can be no error in Judgement then. With a limit it entices people to think ‘Oh, One more won’t push me over the limit?’
Number 2. The punishments are not severe enough and do not seem to get the message across. With Zero tolerance, any alcohol detected that is relevant to that day should result in an instant six month ban and a large fine. Any alcohol over a certain limit should result in a lifetime ban and possible sentencing and an even larger fine. Refusal to give a roadside sample 6 month ban. Refusal to give a certified sample or Blood sample Life time ban.
Number 3. Finally, all passengers in cars of drink drivers should be given a fixed penalty of at least £80. I know some people will say thats not fair but knowingly getting in a car with a drink driver should be a crime. You wouldn’t drive a getaway car for a bank robber nor would you let a serial killer keep killing if you know him. People may also say ‘Well I didn’t know he/she had had a drink!’ How pissed off would your mates be with you if they got hit with a fine?
I believe if this was introduced it may cut down on drink driving as people will not want to travel with them making the decision not to drive an easier one.
A reward should maybe be given to people who report drink drivers that end up in a conviction. Also a list with pictures of convicted drivers should be made available to all alcohol serving establishments. This may help in prevent repeat offenders offending again.
Finally most of the revenue made from these fines and convictions should go towards helping the victims and their families get the lives back together.
I know a lot of people may think these are harsh but how would you feel if your life with shattered by the careless actions of a drink driver?
50. Punish Puppy Killers Properly
PUPPY KILLER
I have found out today that a 15 month rottweiler/pitbull puppy was killed by his owner with a hammer. The owner lives in the West End neighborhood of Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
The young dog bit the owner, who lost his temper and killed the dog. The owner was caught and prosecuted, and as a result must pay a $1,000 fine as punishment. Personally, I find this totally outrageous; think about it: he may as well have paid a fee to torture his puppy to death with a hammer. Fines will never be fit punishment for an animal abuser.
I am trying to make people aware that the cruelty law in Canada is insufficient, and must be changed. I want to write the Government of Canada to tell them to change the law to give it more teeth, and require fit punishments for animal abuse.
I would like justice for this dog: please change the animal cruelty laws in Canada to demand mandatory jail time for offenders.
51. Let Pionervillage Residents Have Aboveground Pools
In the neighborhood rules there is no mention of pools.
52. Change North Carolina Firework Laws
Fireworks have been a part of the 4th of july celebrations for a long time in my life and these laws banning all explosive, bottle rockets candles etc... just doesn't make sence to me, it just seems wrong that the gov'nt is taking away our rights to freedom of expression, and celebrating our holiday (ironically the holiday that is celebrating our freedom) put a warning sticker on the fireworks and let people do what they want, don't take peoples freedom away just because some people are careless, they deserve what they get.
53. U.S. Law Makers Have Become U.S. Law Breakers!
Petition to TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK.
No I WILL NOT PRESS 2 FOR SPANISH! I SPEAK ENGLISH! THE LANGUAGE OF MY COUNTRY! TELL THE PEOPLE IN SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES TO PRESS TWO FOR ENGLISH, and see what they do to you!
THIS IS MADNESS! U.S. Law Makers Have Become U.S. Law Breakers! DO your jobs, up hold the rule of law in this great country. If you don’t you are the traders!
54. Confirm your belief (SIGN TODAY) in the Constitution of the United States of America
Targets: The Office of The President of the United States, The United States Congress, all elected and appointed judges, government officers and officials, all law enforcement agencies and their personnel and all personnel of all courts of the United States of America.
Be it known that WE THE PEOPLE as Legal Voting Citizens of a Sovereign United States of America, fully oppose any statute, rule, law, judgment, and act that is inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States of America.
Discussion: If all men and women are created equal and have equal constitutional rights as assured by out founding fathers, we shall live and be governed by one set of laws, rules, and regulations, and one set of consequences thereof, instead of certain privileged individuals/persons, having influence over those laws, rules, statutes and regulations, to be constructed and/or applied differently for them or others seeking to have privileges that the Constitution does not afford them.
America shall once again become, and remain, the land of equal opportunity and equal rights regardless of one’s position and/or role in our society, and regardless of their: race, religion, age, sex, or financial standing.
We the people and general citizens of the United States ask that the U.S. Labor Department enact a bill that would make it mandatory for all employers to supply a 60 minute break across the Nation.