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Friday, December 14, 2012

Crime / Politics Sign this Petition If You Would Like "to Force the Obama Administration to Produce Legislation that Limits Access to Guns"

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:21 PM

It's right here.

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Signing online petitions is as close as most of us can get to understanding the inner life of a mime.

Posted by gloomy gus on December 14, 2012 at 2:33 PM

It's true. But I did it anyway. Just in case...

Posted by gnarly on December 14, 2012 at 2:43 PM

@1 I believe the president promised that he would personally address any petition that reached 25,000 signatures in the allotted time frame.

He could address it with a big ol' shrug of indifference I suppose, but what's it hurt to put your name next to something you agree with.

Posted by Pick1 on December 14, 2012 at 2:53 PM

Not all online petitions are necessarily created equal. This is an immediate response, for one. I also wonder what the record speed for reaching the 25,000 signatures is? I mean, if it hits 25,000 in hours, and six digits in a couple days..., if this is a real landslide, it might mean something.

Posted by algorhythm99 on December 14, 2012 at 3:02 PM

It's already hit 30,000.

Posted by Zuulabelle

on December 14, 2012 at 4:03 PM

SLOG should start a running total of readers (through a follow-up poll) of how many readers signed the petition. Let's use a collective voice - in Washington State - just like we did to the long overdue gay marriage law. Drum up signatures along with holiday donations!

Posted by Chaunce on December 14, 2012 at 4:06 PM

Well let's see: It was posted to Slog at some time after 2 PM. It's now a little after 4 PM and the petition has 30,000 signatures. Reaching a hundred thou in a couple days does not seem unattainable.

Want to do more? Call Patty Murray, tell her to put the pressure on. Call Maria Cantwell, tell her to put the pressure on. Call Doc Hastings and tell him he's a useless shitstain. Call that other guy, the one with brain damage, the one representing the Eastside, tell him he's a useless shitstain too.

Make yourself heard.

Posted by Dr_Awesome on December 14, 2012 at 4:08 PM

I heard there were 3 million guns owned by Americans. Maybe we should be forcing the administration to limit access to bullets! Perhaps you'd think twice about massacring people if the bullets cost you $1000 each.

Posted by theresatron on December 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM

Hm. All you need is an email account to create a registration to sign the petition, eh?

Maybe I'll create two or three dozen registrations and sign it 30 times.

I wonder if anyone else has ever had that idea?

/online petitions are a joke

Posted by Urgutha Forka on December 14, 2012 at 4:19 PM

Enforcing existing laws, in the meantime, would be a start. AND making health care, INCLUDING mental health care available to all NOW will also help immensely. This, more than a gun issue, is so hugely also an unaddressed social issue that needs fixing in our local AND global culture.

Posted by Jack Strubbe on December 14, 2012 at 4:35 PM

Already well over 35,000 when I signed just a moment ago...

Posted by Jack Strubbe on December 14, 2012 at 4:44 PM

Why would you want to take guns away from the people who didn't do it?

Posted by dean.fuller on December 14, 2012 at 4:47 PM

@3, not the president, but someone on his staff, will respond.

@5, because, dickface, the people who do it get their guns from numbnuts like you. Today's murderer took his mother's guns. If his mother had no guns -- for she certainly had no need for them -- those kids would still be alive today.

Posted by Fnarf