A petition was started today at the White House site:

We petition the Obama Administration to:

Immediately address the issue of gun control through the introduction of legislation in Congress.

The goal of this petition is to force the Obama Administration to produce legislation that limits access to guns. 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.

Powerful lobbying groups allow the ownership of guns to reach beyond the Constitution’s intended purpose of the right to bear arms. 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.

The signatures on this petition represent a collective demand for a bipartisan discussion resulting in a set of laws that regulates how a citizen obtains a gun.

Created: Dec 14, 2012

Issues: Civil Rights and Liberties, Firearms

Signatures needed by January 13, 2013 to reach goal of 25,000 0

Total signatures on this petition 37,488

In one day.

Here is a sample today’s petitions:

We petition the Obama Administration to:

A gun in every classroom. Arm every teacher and principal to defend themselves and their students during an attack.

513  Signatures

Seriously, respectfully and quickly work to end the violence committed by assault weapons.

759  Signatures

Today IS the day: Sponsor strict gun control laws in the wake of the CT school massacre

5,830  Signatures

Start the process to enact Federal Gun control reforms.

3,022  Signatures

Make Mental Health a National Emergency

1,792  Signatures

begin a national conversation on sensible gun control.

2,581  Signatures

create a national commission to review our gun laws and recommend legislation to address the epidemic of gun violence.

1,972  Signatures

Set a date and time to have a conversation about gun policy in the United States.

10,520  Signatures

Immediately address the issue of gun control through the introduction of legislation in Congress.

38,591  Signatures