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I don't believe that any of those petitions carry any weight other than allowing people to vent. I would think that finding a Congressman to sponsor a bill would be the way to go. I am not all that political saavy though, so you would need to consult others.
 
There is a long list of petitions before the White House. I'm told that the White House is required to address them if they get like 250,000 signatures on them. I would also guess that the White House typically says, "no" to all of them. This one will be no different.
 
I don't believe that any of those petitions carry any weight other than allowing people to vent.
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I'm in full agreement, as I've stated elsewhere.

As far as the concept, I support it. However, in light of recent events, I think we'd be best served by not addressing the issue just now lest we look like we're trying to capitalize on tragedy.
 
There is a long list of petitions before the White House. I'm told that the White House is required to address them if they get like 250,000 signatures on them. I would also guess that the White House typically says, "no" to all of them. This one will be no different.
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I think it may be 25,000...Correct me if I am wrong?Other than that,I agree
 
There is a long list of petitions before the White House. I'm told that the White House is required to address them if they get like 250,000 signatures on them. I would also guess that the White House typically says, "no" to all of them. This one will be no different.
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Here's what the site says:

"Anyone 13 or older can create or sign an online petition seeking a federal government action on a range of issues. Then it’s up to the petition creator and signers to build support for the petition by gathering more signatures.

There are two critical thresholds for We the People. First, a minimum number of signatures is necessary for the petition to be publicly listed on We the People and searchable. Second, a minimum number of signatures is necessary in a given amount of time in order for the petition to be reviewed by the White House, distributed to the appropriate policy officials within the Administration and receive an official response. This response will be posted and linked to the petition on WhiteHouse.gov, as well as emailed to all of the petition signers. Petitions that do not cross this threshold in the given timeframe will be removed from the site."

Present limits are 150 w/in 30 days for the first and 25,000 w/in 30 days for the second.

Responses aren't an automatic given. A response isn't guaranteed even if required number of signatures is reached.
Resposes range from very well thought out and informative to what amounts to a cyber version of a "form letter" to none at all.

The "We the People" petition site is part of president obama's social media team's efforts and is not an official channel that the administration uses to directly set policy. It works in conjunction with all the other forms of social media, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

It's an absolutely brilliant idea. 'course, the Democrats have always been way ahead of the Republicans in that respect.
FDR and his "fireside chats" exploited radio.
JFK was the first "made for TV" president.
Al Gore invented the internet :D
obama is just taking information technology and exchange to another step.
In a way I'm envious "our side" (the Republicans) didn't think of it first when Bush was starting his second term.

It's more than a place to just vent one's spleen. It's a valuable two way source of information on what public opinion is.

In a way, it's not unlike the "Suggestions and Tech Support" forum here....
 
I think we'd be best served by not addressing the issue just now lest we look like we're trying to capitalize on tragedy.
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Kinda like Diane Feinstein stating the first thing she's going to do when congress gets back in session is write an anti-gun bill because of recent events?

I get what you're saying. It just never seems like it's a good time to talk about these things. You can't do it after a tragedy. But you can't do it when there's no tragedy because there's no need for that sort of thing (Americans have generally short memories). When is a good time to bring this up? After the Senate has passed an anti-gun bill and sent it to the house? Luckily, given the political climate of the two houses, that kind of bill likely won't pass the house...but for how long?

Sorry, this whole thing has really run my emotions raw. I'm saddened, angry, upset, disappointed, and more all at the same time. It took mere minutes for the anti-gunners to use this tragedy to their advantage. It's sick.
 
Kinda like Diane Feinstein stating the first thing she's going to do when congress gets back in session is write an anti-gun bill because of recent events?
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Let her. We're the better men (and women).

None of the proposals will reach committee before late January, and at that point, cooler heads should be able to prevail.

As you mentioned, the emotions are too raw too talk sensible policy on either side.
 
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