I disagree with the "assault weapons ban"
I think it's creative marketing.
assault wepon = rifle with pistol style grip

What needs to be considered is any sort of rifle that takes a magazine or possibly the need to take a look at capcity (ie: no more than say 8 rounds)

You can do as much damage with a m-14 (which would still be legal if a ban on assult wepons was passed)that you can do with an ak-97 (which would become illegal) provided you has the same capacity cartrages... now if you baned rifles which took magazines, they would both become illegal

p.s. ... but i did like the petition page, now only if they could get a cause which i am sympathetic towards (asking nader not to run)

How about this instead: Let's actually prosecute those who break gun laws. Let's try to enforce laws that are already on the books before adding new laws that will not work.

Last time I checked there were more people killed in this country each year by drunk drivers than by legally obtained guns. So what is adding another law prohibiting Joe Citizen from having a gun going to do?

Nothing.

Andrea, is it really in the spirit of this action that we compete to get signups?

Of course it is! Don't let andreaharner.com beat shey.net! Right now we are tied... c'mon, support the underdog. Sign the petition here:

http://tinyurl.com/3n8yt

You know ..peter (jennings)covered this (tells me my tivo just now) how there is so much in the pipelines and the senate floor is going on and on about "family rights"...instead of homeland security.(homeland security sounds so...evilish) and that the ban will simply expire if not picked up before the DNC/RNC.

Bill (moyers) covered the lack of prosacutions in reguards to illegal weapon sales a few months ago.

HELLO EVERYONE IM AGINST THE GUN BAN BECAUSE LOOK AT OUR COUNTRY HAS OUR ARMY ALL OVER THE WORLD BUT HERE DONT YOU FIND THAT STRANGE. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE GUNS THAT WE COULD PROTECT OURS HOMES AND FAMILYS IF AMERICAN SOIL IS EVER ATTACKED IN THAT WAY. ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN THEM COUNTRIES HAVE AUTOMATIC GUNS WHY TO PROTECT THERE COUNTRY SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT RIGHT TO .
I KNOW IF WE GET HIT AT HOME WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEND OUR FAMILY AND DONT SAY IT WILL NEVER COME DOWN TO THAT LOOK AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ALL THOSE PEOPLE FOR WHAT WELL IT WAS NOT A GUN THATS FOR SURE IT WAS A SMALL BUT VERY EFFECTIVE BOX CUTTER HUH MAYBE WE SHOULD BAN THEM TO .