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Petition to Phil R. Ramos, Phillip M. Boyle, Andrew M. Cuomo

Help us end child marriage in New York State

We are the Naila Amin Foundation. Naila Amin, our founder, is a New Yorker who was forced by her parents to marry her first cousin when she was just 13. The first petition for her marriage was approved by the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) when she was only 14 years old. Her ex-husband was 13 years older than her at the time of the Nikah (Islamic ceremony), and she was then forced to go overseas to live with him at age 15, where she was abused. All of this, however, was enabled by legal child marriage in New York State. Naila hopes to enact legislation to ban the exceptions that lead to her suffering and prevent others from having to endure the same. We seek to create a bill, very similar in style and content to the one recently passed in New Jersey. Child marriage occurs legally through loopholes and exceptions. In New York State, a person can be married as young as 17 with judicial review. This does not protect 17 year old's. Lets raise the age to 18 with no exceptions. If a 17 year old is married off and decides he/she is not happy, they have to wait to turn 18 to file for divorce, trapping them in abusive marriages and a shelter wont take anyone under 18. This is just a recipe for disaster. However often times, parents are the ones forcing the marriages rather than consenting to them. In fact, abuse, honor killings, or being disowned are the repercussions of refusal on the part of children. Because these victims are underage, abuse is inherent in these marriages. Since 2000, more than 200,000 youths have been legally married in the US. In the summer of 2017, NY changed its child marriage age from 14 to 17, this is not enough. Lets protect everyone under 18. 

Naila Amin
307,606 supporters
35,882 new supporters this week

Petition to Kentucky State House, Kentucky State Senate, David Osborne, David Meade, John Carney, Brandon Smith

STOP WEAPONS BAN "BILL 354" in Kentucky

Representative Jeff Donohue (D) has proposed a bill banning "assault weapons" in Kentucky. These Laws are not only detrimental to law abiding citizens, but also unconstitutional and a violation of our 2nd Amendment Rights of the United States of America. The proposed bill will classify an "Assault Weapon" as the following; 1) A semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has at least one (1) of the following characteristics: a. A folding or telescoping stock;b. A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon;c. A second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand;d. A thumbhole stock;e. A suppressor, flash suppressor, muzzle break, muzzle compensator, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor, muzzle break, or muzzle compensator; orf. A grenade launcher. These classifications also extend to shotguns and handguns. After the effective date of this bill, a law abiding citizen will be found guilty of possession or transfer of a "large-capacity ammunition feeding device" (magazine) when; (a)  Possesses a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device;(b)  Transfers a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device to another person, except as provided in subsections (4)(c) and (d) of this section.Possession or transfer of a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device is a Class A misdemeanor.This section shall not apply to a person who is: (a)  A member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component thereof, or the National Guard; or(b)  A law enforcement officer as defined in KRS 15.310. After the effective date of this bill, a law abiding citizen must; (a) Remove the large-capacity ammunition-feeding device from the state;(b) Render the large-capacity ammunition-feeding device permanently inoperable;(c) Sell the large-capacity ammunition-feeding device to a federally licensed firearms dealer; or(d) Transfer the large-capacity ammunition-feeding device to law enforcement. If still in possession of these weapons or magazines you will be charged with a Class A Misdemeanor.  This bill also makes it to where your firearm must be "permanently inoperable"  As used in this section, "permanently inoperable" means that the assault weapon is altered in such a manner that it cannot be fired and that the owner or possessor of the firearm does not possess or have control over the parts necessary to make the firearm operable; and 2. As used in this section, "temporarily inoperable" means that when the assault weapon is not in the direct control of the registered owner, it is stored using an integrated design feature or attachable accessory that will prevent the use of the weapon by an unauthorized user. This means that even if you were to take the firing pin out of your rifle, it is still considered operable if you have said firing pin still located inside your home. You must now register your weapons in Kentucky within 1 year (currently no registration is required by the state). a. Register with the Department of Kentucky State Police as the certified owner of each assault weapon that the person elects to continue to possess; and b. Store the weapon with devices which render the weapon temporarily inoperable, in accordance with subsection (2) of this section; Transfer the assault weapon to any person lawfully entitled to own or possess the firearm;Transfer the assault weapon to the Department of Kentucky State Police buyback program in accordance with subsection (3) of this section; or Render the assault weapon permanently inoperable. Kentucky State Police will offer a buyback program that will be funded by registrations fees of weapons.  237.104 Rights to acquire, carry, and use deadly weapons not to be impaired -- Seizure of deadly weapons prohibited -- Application of section. No person, unit of government, or governmental organization shall, during a period of disaster or emergency as specified in KRS Chapter 39A or at any other time, have the right to revoke, suspend, limit the use of, or otherwise impair the validity of the right of any person to purchase, transfer, loan, own, possess, carry, or use a firearm, firearm part, ammunition, ammunition component, or any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.(2)  No person, unit of government, or governmental organization shall, during a period of disaster or emergency as specified in KRS Chapter 39A or at any other time, take, seize, confiscate, or impound a firearm, firearm part, ammunition, ammunition component, or any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument from any person.(3)  The provisions of this section shall not apply to the taking of an item specified in subsection (1) or (2) of this section from a person who is: (a)  Forbidden to possess a firearm pursuant to KRS 527.040;(b)  Forbidden to possess a firearm pursuant to federal law;(c)  Violating KRS 527.020;(d)  In possession of a stolen firearm;(e)  Using a firearm in the commission of a separate criminal offense; or(f)  Using a firearm or other weapon in the commission of an offense under KRS Chapter 150. Effective: July 12, 2006History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 240, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2006. This Bill is Unconstitutional This bill is unconstitutional and a render of the safety of law abiding citizens through out the state of Kentucky. The 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution reads; "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The United States Constitution restricts legislative bodies from prohibiting firearm possession, or at the very least, the Amendment renders prohibitory and restrictive regulation presumptively unconstitutional. The 2nd Amendment allows citizens of the United States to defend themselves against criminals and against government tyranny.  Safety of Citizens against tyranny by means of Disarming Citizens by Government.  In 2012 Venezuela banned their citizens from possessing firearms and ammunition similar to the Red Flag Laws we see today. Under the new law only Military and Police are allowed to own them. Disarming law abiding citizens is a dangerous act that allows greater power to the government. Crime in Venezuela has multiplied since these laws have taken place. The violent crime rate, already high, soared. Almost 28,000 people were murdered in 2015 – with the homicide rate becoming the world’s highest. Within the past few years Venezuela military are law enforcement have killed thousands of citizens who have protested their laws and tried defending their rights. These same gun control laws were used in Nazi Germany against their own citizens. IT'S YOUR RIGHT Kentucky has always been a supportive state for firearms. Just this past year we became one of the many states to support the right of "Constitutional Carry" allowing law abiding citizens to conceal carry weapons across the whole state. Kentucky is ranked one of the top states in the US for gun ownership. It is your constitutional right as an American to be able to process and own a firearm. It is your right to have the means necessary to defend yourself and your family against evil and criminals. Criminals don't care about laws and bills, these bills only effect law abiding citizens. No matter what bills are brought forward, crime rates are always going to be there. The only thing that will change is your capability to defend yourself, and you having your own rights given to you at birth by this Nation, TAKEN AWAY. DO YOUR PART BY SIGNING/SHARING THIS PETITION!  KEEP KENTUCKY SAFE!  

Devin Lawrence
37,046 supporters
Started 44 minutes ago

Petition to EEE Students

Curve EEE 135 to 50% Passing Grade

Since EEE students deserve this passing grade given 5 major subjects and 2 maths subjects, squeezed in one semester. We know. Napasa nga ng iba yung sem pero iba iba tayo ng learning techniques and coping mechanisms. May iba hirap na hirap na at binigay ang lahat. Unfair din na mababa yung score na nakuha mo pero alam mo sa sarili mo marami kang alam o knowledge about the subject. Yung mga matatalino, no problem sa kanila. Nakaka-habol sila real time, on time sa discussion sa class. Habang yung mga nagsusulat ng notes, nag-iisip pa yan bakit naging ganito o naging ganyan. Minsan nahihirapan i voice out ang tanong kasi di rin gets ang sagot na ibibigay sa kung anong tanong man ito. Let’s make this happen.

Joanne Ofark
16 supporters
Update posted 3 hours ago

Petition to The President of South Africa

SAVE ESKOM/SAVE THE NATION

We ,the people, call upon you to save Eskom and the nation by doing the following: 1)Retrenching unneeded workers2)Reducing salaries and bonuses3)Purchasing coal at the cheapest possible price regardless of BEE requirements4)Examining the possibility of denying bail to employees charged with sabotaging infrastructure vital to the countries well-being, as well as to employees accused of stealing/pocketing amounts of R1 m or greater(.In addition, we  call upon you to: A)Scrap Affirmative Action ,which undermines the economy by giving jobs to people who frequently are not qualified to do the job they have been hired to do.B)Scrap BEE which hurts the poorest of the poor by forcing government to pay substantially more for goods and services than it should be paying.C)Shelve Expropriation without Compensation ,which is tantamount to legalized theft and scares off foreign investment.

terence grant
11 supporters
Update posted 12 hours ago

Petition to Kamala D. Harris

Senator Kamala Harris Must Resign!

I am a constituent of Senator Kamala Harris, and I reached out to her in September, 2018, after my sons were kidnapped by a rogue government agency--Los Angeles DCFS--that receives Federal money for kidnapping children. My sons were brutally abused by the violent racist "caregiver" Steve Foreman who routinely violated Federal civil rights laws. My son Kennedy was nearly killed in the course of his brutal abuse. DCFS made it plain they intended to traffic my sons to a porn site in Ohio in violation of Federal laws against child sex trafficking. So I wrote Senator Harris. She responded two months later and essentially said "there's nothing I can do" along with other lies, stupidity, and absolute, bone deep callousness toward children's lives. I tried to be hopeful and have written her time and again in the last year, but she never responded again. There are only two explanations for her lack of response: 1.She's been paid off, Jeffrey Epstein style, by the child sex traffickers 2.She thinks kidnapping children from a loving parent is a good idea. Now she wants to be President. She does not represent California; she doesn't represent the United States. She has no integrity, no character. She should quit the Presidential race to keep from embarrassing herself more; she should resign her Senate seat and let someone qualified step up, someone who won't let children be abused under her watch. Let's go through the damning evidence against Kamala Harris; her responses to my letters convict her. She wrote, in her one response, "I wish I could be more helpful to you." This is a cheap excuse. I spelled out what she could do. She could call for a federal law that no child could be taken from his or her parents without trial by jury. This simple reform could save millions of children from abuse. She could call to remove all federal money from the various CPS ("Child Protective Services, including DCFS) gangs that prey on children. She could give a press conference in support of these reforms mentioning my children--DCFS, which hates publicity, would have freed my boys right away. She could have sent me her personal attorney to work one day pro bono--same thing, DCFS would fold. As a former District Attorney of CA, she could ask her pal Xavier Becerra, the new one, to look into the massive crimes of DCFS. As of now, he has not taken any action--if a US Senator had asked, he would have. I pointed out all of the above in a series of letters, while also pointing out the ever increasing abuse of my sons, which continues to this day. And to this day, Kamala Harris has done nothing. The great John F. Kennedy said (my son, Kennedy, is his namesake) “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Or women, we would say today. I don't think Kamala is a good woman--I know she has done nothing. My children are now in the "care" of a child murderer--see my sister petition "Bring my Sons Home." Their days are numbered. We don't know what the number is. Senator Kamala Harris does not deserve the august title of Senator. She has done nothing. I repeat: Either ... 1.She's been paid off, Jeffrey Epstein style, by the child sex traffickers or ... 2.She thinks kidnapping children from a loving parent is a good idea. And I will add, as the situation has become unimaginably worse, BECAUSE SHE HAS DONE NOTHING, then she presumably believes that my sons are better off with a mentally ill child murderer than with an exemplary citizen, their father. She must resign.

Timothy Taylor
107 supporters