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- Petition to address epidemic gun violence -  Name:  First Name:   Last Name:    Address:  Street:  City:      State:  Zip:  Contact Information:  E-Mail: Phone:     Notes: All contact information submitted on this form will remain strictly confidential.  We do NOT share or sell information to ANY company or agency.  You are free to fill in only the fields you feel comfortable with.  We would ask that you at least give us your name and city to add to the petition.  The actual petition is shown below

- Petition to address and reduce epidemic gun violence in America - There is homicide and violence all around me. Neither my family nor my friends are safe anymore. The welfare and safety of my family and friends are my number one concern. I have decided to take action myself. I Pledge GUNS ASIDE. We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who urge our leaders and for Congress to hold hearings to act now to make the reduction of gun violence and public safety a priority and to direct the necessary resources to support ROOT Inc. in its efforts designed to reduce the epidemic of gun violence so pervasive in our communities. Number Date Name US State 39       38 Mar 31 Stefenie Minto MD 37 Jan 25 Larry Mayes DC 36 Jan 23 Anonymous DC 35 Jan 21 Richard Harrison VA 34 Jan 21 Stephen W. Faulkner, III PA 33 Jan 21 Corbett Kroehler DC 32 Jan 13 Arthur Burnett Sr DC 31 Jan 6 Rawle Andrews   30 Jan 1 Simos Tarabatzis   29 Nov 28 Lori Evarts   28 Nov 26 Steve Klein   27 Nov 25 Eleanor Guetzloe   26 Nov 23 Thomas Reilly   25 Nov 21 Sheldon Braaten   24 Nov 21 Archie Childs   23 Nov 8 Debbie Schechter   22 Oct 16 tamrat medhin   21 Oct 15 Deborah Evans-Bailey   20 Oct 4 Patricia Cade   19 Aug 28 Serita Kelsey   18 Jul 24 Rachel Awkward   17 Jun 28 Janice Bullock   16 Jun 23 Jacquelyn Johnson   15 Jun 18 Esteban Booker   14 Jun 14 clinton murchison jr.   13 Jun 7 darren lewis   12 Jun 7 Anna Lee Mosley   11 Jun 7 allison thorpe   10 Jun 7 Diane Jones   9 Jun 7 Gail Neely   8 May 1 Jill Sabo   7 May 1 Heather Sconza   6 Apr 30 LUCINDA RAMOS   5 Apr 30 Nancy Lopez   4 Apr 29 haley schwartz   3 Apr 28 Geoff White   2 Apr 22 Kenneth E. Barnes, Sr. MS DC 1 Apr 22 Ava Harrison DC

"Too many lives are being lost; too many victims injured, and too many communities are being held hostage to this systemic and endemic tide of violence. As a government, and as a community, we must begin to offer proactive, rather than reactive alternatives," - Kenneth E. Barnes, Sr., MS Founder and CEO of ROOT (Reaching Out to Others Together) Inc. From 2001 to 2005 in the United States of America there have been 47,562 senseless deaths as a direct result of gun violence according to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. ROOT Inc. urges communities to ban together in a movement to end this senseless violence and make public officials accountable to this epidemic. The toll on communities affected by Gun Violence has an everlasting effect on its citizens, not just with numbers lost to homicides but the devastating emotional impact on the community as a whole. -Kenneth E. Barnes, Sr.