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White House Petition Demands Obama Admin Respond ‘Point-by-Point’ to Columbine Survivor’s Anti-Gun Control Letter

Feb. 25, 2013 1:05pm Billy Hallowell

Columbine survivor Evan Todd’s open letter to President Barack Obama about gun violence spawned a plethora of interest. Following its publication, the survivor, who opposes firearms control, appeared on Glenn Beck’s television show, Fox News, “The Sean Hannity Show” and a multitude of other programs. Now, a petition has emerged on the White House web site, urging people to sign on an effort to force officials to respond to Todd’s grievances.

The petition, created by TheBlaze Radio’s Doc Thompson on Feb. 21, 2013, asks the Obama administration to “answer, point-by-point, Columbine survivor Evan Todd’s open letter to the [president] regarding gun control legislation.” A description of the effort briefly recaps the fact that Todd was injured during the April 20, 1999, attack on his high school — and that the survivor believes the president’s gun control policies will inevitably fail.

“Evan has penned an open letter to [the president] with one of the smartest, thorough explanations to date,” the description continues. “The American people deserve to hear why [the president] disagrees.”

White House Petition Demands Obama Admin Respond Point by Point to Columbine Survivors Anti Gun Control Letter

A screen shot from the White House petition site

According Thompson, the public is entitled to more than “talking points with flawed logic.” With this reasoning, the hope is that the petition will gain enough signatures to be read and adequately responded to by administration officials.

Petitions must receive 100,000 signatures in 30 days in order to spawn a reply from Obama’s team. Previously, this number was set at 25,000 (and 5,000 before that), but after a litany of petitions that weren’t necessarily legitimate or important reaching this number, the bar has been raised.

Currently, the plea for a response to Todd has just over 100 signatures, with a deadline to reach 100,000 set for March 23. Read the original letter here.

Editor’s Note: The author of this article regularly works on speaking tours and educational projects with Evan Todd.

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Comments (53)

daisy1955
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 4:42pm
Only those who love this country and truly want to serve its citizens care about petitions. Get my drift?

I won’t sign it or any other petition to the liberals, not because I’m scared of them, but because they have made it perfectly clear that they just don’t give a s**t about our opinion. Most of the Republicans in the WH don’t care anymore, either. There are a few, so save your “John Hancock” for those who actually care to hear what you have to say. I guarantee, Obama does not…

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- andrewmf
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 7:37pm
  Guys, please visit wh.gov/wwSu to sign another petition, that allows healthy gay men to donate blood. This can save many lives per year, and there is no reason for this current setup.
  
  Also tweet out the link with #BloodDonorJustice if you care about human rights and how our country takes care of its citizens.
  
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lel2007
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:13pm
I’ve read lots of bravado statements, such as “Lock & Load”, “from my cold dead hands”, etc, in response to decrees and orders from the obamanation regarding gun policies. But now the Big Talkers are afraid to sign this petition – frightened they’ll be put “on a list” as a gun owner.
Our fore fathers risked EVERYTHING by signing the Declaration of Independance. Yet today the “big talkers” who advise all to “lock & load” are frightened to sign this petition.
Time to put some “skin in the game”. The petition must receive 100,000 signatures in 30 days in order to spawn a reply. As of 07:10PM CST it has 737 people with enough guts to STAND UP.
SIGN IT !
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/answer-point-point-columbine-survivor-evan-todds-open-letter-president-regarding-gun-control/SthSyKt8

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- PA2AK
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:46am
  See this is what I like about conservatives. Not afraid to call out each others b.s. Yeah, signing it may not do anything, but you have to be willing to do whatever it takes. Even if we can get a story that 100,000 signatures or more where on this petition…it is something. Take a page from the progressive handbook. Every little bit counts. Do you believe in our God given rights, or do you just like to sound tough on the internet?
  
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- YeahIJustSaidThat
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 12:41am
  I signed it
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 6:00pm
Don’t FALL for Putting yourself on a…”I own a Gun List”…If you didn’t I doubt you would sign this petition.

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- lel2007
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 7:44pm
  You can run but you can’t hide. Sign the petition you gutless wonder. Otherwise go hide in a hole with your guns.
  
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- PA2AK
  Posted on February 27, 2013 at 11:38am
  You think this will be the only list you’re on? Better get off the Blaze’s website if you are worried about that. MOLON LABE. #1578
  
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Verceofreason
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 5:15pm
Well aren’t they just full of themselves.

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- M13
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:58am
  Yes those liberals think they know what’s good for everybody.
  
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GardenoftheGods
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 3:53pm
All of you have spouted off about the petition; yet none of you has signed it….When will you understand that to do NOTHING is to do something…Get off your ass & sign the petition! What NObama does with it isn’t our problem; doing NOTHING is OUR problem!! Stand!

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- theaton
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 4:35pm
  You want us to sign up for an account on a Whitehouse web site to sign a petition that will be answered with nothing but BS? If you think this is doing something, it’s no wonder the country is in the state it is in. I’ll save my time and write another couple of letters to my state and federal reps.
  
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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 5:07pm
  I will sign the petition today. I’m not afraid of doing that. Heck, I have written some pretty scathing letters to both Obama and Biden via the white house web site….they know who I am. And I am sure the IRS has been put on notice to flag me as a result of that.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 5:15pm
  oh please, even if there is a point by point response, it will most certainly be written by some desk monkey trained to make odumbo look like he knows what he’s talking about..
  Odumbo couldn’t answer any question with relative clarity and knowledge on any subject without writers and his teleprompters or those nifty new hidden ear pieces..
  If odumbo is going to answer anything ever again, he should do so without teleprompters or the ear piece!
  Lets see how smart, the so called smartest man in the room really is for once!!! Anyone willing to bet he’d suffer a horrible golf accident that would keep him away from the press for weeks, months or perhaps his entire term, were this type of situation to be instituted?!?!?
  
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- tonypro
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:08pm
  @desertspeaks
  “If odumbo is going to answer anything ever again, he should do so without teleprompters or the ear piece!”
  
  I would LOVE to see him having to answer questions in a court room about his treasonous acts against our Constitution.
  
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- lel2007
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:35pm
  “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” – Sam Adams
  
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Tickdog
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 3:14pm
yeah good luck with that. he is much to busy vacationing and playing golf to do something useful…

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- lel2007
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 7:51pm
  And what are you so busy with you can’t take time to sign the petition? Talking big with your buddies about “lock and load” and other such useless tripe? SIGN IT.
  https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/answer-point-point-columbine-survivor-evan-todds-open-letter-president-regarding-gun-control/SthSyKt8
  
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WalterProutPhoenix56317
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 3:08pm
Whats worse ?

Being told the TRUTH when it’s a lie or the LIE that’s been given as the truth ?

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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:09pm
Considering the White House does not tolerate “impromto” moments, does that suggest the President is just another member of the press?

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Cavallo
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:55pm
The lefties can’t refute it on their own so they pray to their Messiah to give them guidance. Poor pathetic simple minded lefty fascists. They’d be comical if they weren’t such a threat to a common man’s individual liberty.

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barber2
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:35pm
Am sure the White House is checking with the Soros Center For American Progress ( that last word is as big a lie as their use of ” Affordable !” )…to get the written agenda ” talking points.” This administration arrived pre-packaged and they are still busy “marketing” Obama 24/7. He is their bi-racial front man !

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wilbstal
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:34pm
screw him pettitions never work the Gov will only understand fear that is the same as they use, we will give it all back when the civil war gets here

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- chips1
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:50pm
  In order for you to vote on this, Obama wants you to show ID.
  
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- lel2007
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:32pm
  Big talk Mr. Revolution. What will you do? Hide behind a bush or in a hole and yell “lock & load”.
  Sign Evan’s petition, or slink away and shut up.
  
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wilbstal
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:32pm
the pettition dont work sign in is to complecated and screws up ill wait for the civil war then do my thing pettitions dont do **** onlt Bullets work

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- lel2007
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:17pm
  Big B u ll S h it talk. Sign the petition you gutless wonder.
  
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jackact
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:23pm
Obama will require programmed talking points from Axelrod to respond accordingly.
Then we can be lied to once more.

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:22pm
Not a one that are now or will have security when out of government jobs will refuse security for them or their families as long as it is provided. Wish this had the icon with a sound of two-faced chickens.

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EQUALIZER
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:20pm
Evan deserves a vote, give him a vote, give him a vote, he deserves a vote, give Evan a vote!

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00100111
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:19pm
Petitions must receive 100,000 signatures in 30 days in order to spawn a reply from Obama’s team. Previously, this number was set at 25,000 (and 5,000 before that), but after a litany of petitions that weren’t necessarily legitimate or important reaching this number, the bar has been raised.

In other words: “We didn’t think we’d ever have to respond to the little people, we had to think of a way to mitigate such issues in the future. The king shall not be questioned.”

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- lel2007
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:20pm
  Lots of excuses for not signing. But what if the petition got a million signatures?
  Now’s the time big boy. You going to STEP UP and be counted?
  https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/answer-point-point-columbine-survivor-evan-todds-open-letter-president-regarding-gun-control/SthSyKt8
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:19pm
Obama will never respond to the petition save to deny it or to reply with fabricated lies upon lies upon lies and propaganda.

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tweetybird
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:18pm
Obama doesn’t have the moral courage to answer. Even if he did….it would be nothing but a lie. His feet are never held to the fire. I actually feel sorry for the President. He is a godless, souless man just hell bent on destroying this country….and in the mean time, he is destroying his soul.

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- lel2007
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:29pm
  So have you had the “moral courage” to sign Evan’s petition?
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:16pm
Since when does anyone believe the Marxist POS gives a damn what taxpayers have to say about anything? We’re supposed to work harder for less money to make sure the worthless parasites live comfortably. Parasites being everyone on welfare and the entire Marxist regime so don’t hold your breath waiting for the worthless maggot to respond.

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- Fubared
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:26pm
  Never have, never will.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:14pm
Has anyone considered that this WH website was set up to collect e-mail accounts and/or IP addresses of people who go there and sign a petition?

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:19pm
  Hi MONK, Yes, and that is why I have never been to it, nor will I.
  
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- tweetybird
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:22pm
  I personally believe they watch everything and take notes. I once heard that they watch Facebook to see what comments are made on there. I don’t trust our government. Not that I really ever did…..but it seems like it is more corrupt now than ever.
  
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- moreteaplease
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:28pm
  Yes indeed.
  
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- KevINtampa
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:31pm
  Yes.
  
  And if they want to try and somehow “do away” with speaking their mind, well I say come and try that on me first. I guess I’d rather know the truth than not know the truth while I do nothing and hoards of people are harassed, incarcerated, or otherwise indisposed for merely exercising their 1st Amendment right. Freedom is always a choice, even if you have inherited it. I don’t believe ignorance won’t be an excuse in front of God. So again I say, “Me first.”
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:39pm
  Yes MONK but it does not keep me from being a free man and speaking my mind. They know who you and everyone else is on here. So just by posting on this site you made the list. I will not sit by quietly and fear this government. Just remember when they come for me they will also being coming to your’s and everybody else’s house to. To each his own i always say.. Good Luck..
  
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- KevINtampa
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:39pm
  “I don’t trust our government.”
  
  Neither do I. That is why I feel it’s especially important to speak up. While I don’t trust the government, I also choose not to fear it.
  
  Do you mean to tell me you don’t believe the comments here are tracked. This is the first place they’ll track small government minded people.
  
  News flash, while most comment sections are not crawled by Google, those here on the Blaze are categorically tracked. Simply do a search for “KEVINTAMPA” on Google, or do one on your own Blaze call sign. Interesting is it not?
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:47pm
  Thank You KEVIN!! i had no idea… https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=CIVILWARCOMETH&oq=CIVILWARCOMETH&gs_l=hp.12…4760.4760.0.7025.1.1.0.0.0.0.116.116.0j1.1.0.les%3Bcrnk_timediscountc..0.0…1.2.4.psy-ab.bdir2gUpn7o&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42768644,d.aWc&fp=70626f5e00f95016&biw=1024&bih=677
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:21pm
  Hi KevINtampa,
  
  There’s a big difference in posting here and on the WH website. Sure, they can see my comments but that’s about all.
  
  Do you all really think that getting enough signatures on a petition so the WH “has” to consider it is going to do anything.
  
  “Mr. President, they have gotten the required 100,000 signatures so you now have to consider their petition. What do you say?”
  
  “Ahhhh, no.”
  
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- lel2007
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 7:40pm
  So, what are you going to DO – hide in a rat hole?
  
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doomytram
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:14pm
Give the administration something to do, because this is the most transparently lazy, detached, non working administration ever. The Bozo’s in the white house are about campaigning, pivoting, deflecting, and blaming. Repeat. Nothing more.

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Tired-of-fools
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:14pm
I would sign but I would have some government agency knocking my door down. Either that, or the IRS would audit me for the rest of my life. The people that sign will be the first to be locked up.

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- lel2007
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:26pm
  Thank GOD our Fore Fathers didn’t think like you when it came time to sign The Declaration Of Independence. One of those guys said something like “give me liberty or give me death” – I guess you don’t fall into that category.
  “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” – Sam Adams
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:07pm
We could get a million signatures, but do we really want to her Obama lie to us more?

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:18pm
  DARMOK, They would just be David Axlehole’s lies anyway. Well, as long as 0bama can steadily read the teleprompter without stuttering.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:29pm
  Hey RJJ:
  I need to put on a decon. suit everytime he talks, I am tired of him flinging the BS and telling us it’s Pate’.
  
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