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Peter Loferski-Arkansas-Green Party Representitive most like me: [|www.**boozman**forarkansas.com]

10 facts about Arkansas ~The state motto is "Regnat populus," which means "people rule." ~ the population taken in 2008 was 2,855,390. ~Arkansas' main agriculture products are cattle, cotton, hogs, milk, poultry and eggs, rice, sorghum, and soybeans. ~The state spent the most on education, which is 40.3% of the total $18,265,000,000 spent in 2007. ~An estimated 4% of citizens are born outside the US. ~The median household income of 2008 was $38,815. ~Little Rock has one of the largest municipal parks in the nation ~The state bird of Arkansas is the Mockingbird ~The Little River County Courthouse is known around the world for its christmas lights. ~The Ozark national forest covers more than a million acres Some information on my issue ~from 1985 to 1999, homicides commited with guns by persons 14 to 24 went up 126%. ~On average, more republicans own guns than democrats. ~from 1990 to 2008, the amount of people who wanted stricter gun laws dropped 29% ~In 2007, 12,632 murders were commited with guns and 613 were unintentionally killed ~It is against the law to have a weapon on yourself if you are driving a vehicle.

3 issues that are important to me ~Gun control: It needs to be stricter to lower crime and deaths. ~Jobs: We need to make more jobs so money can be put into our economy instead of being saved. ~Pollution: We need alternative energy sources so pollution rates go down.

Link to my bill page: HB70 I think people should support my bill because guns cause too many deaths in this country. My bill will have stricter regulations on gun laws so more people can be saved and less crimes are commited with guns.

Sources used: ~http://issues.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/913389 ~http://injury.findlaw.com/gun-laws/?DCMP=KNC-Defective-and-Dangerous-Product&HBX_PK=arkansas+gun+laws&HBX_OU=50 ~http://www.asp.state.ar.us/divisions/rs/pdf/chl_faq.pdf ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state) ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_law_in_the_United_States ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics#United_States ~[] ~http://www.davekopel.com/2a/foreign-gun-control.htm ~http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/27/gun-control-in-most-countries-more-stringent-than-/