A majority of the public (64%) says that most people, but not all, should be able to legally own guns; however, there is a 24-percentage-point gap between owners and non-owners on this question. It is already invading our privacy. The Green Party's agenda for gun control laws includes a requirement that all purchasers of firearms attend a gun safety and first aid course; basic competency and mental hygiene for firearm purchasers; a moratorium on gun sales following any mass shooting that has gained national prominence the "copycat window"; and a ban on assault . Contraception and abortion must be included in all health insurance policies in the U.S., and any state government must be able to legally offer these services free of charge to women at the poverty level. Wait times for processing and resolving immigration benefit applications should be reduced to no more than six months. priority for the majority party. The Green Party supports the ratification of the United Nations Convention on Rights for Persons with Disabilities as well as the Optional Protocol. We must stop using our tax dollars to subsidize corporate agribusiness and to promote poverty in Latin America, and start using them to help reward environmentally responsible family farmers, encourage improved infrastructure and economic conditions in Latin America, and raise labor standards, at home and abroad. Preserve and expand product-labeling requirements to ensure that consumers are fully informed about the origin, ingredients, and ecological life cycle of all products, including animal testing, and the products organic, recycled, and genetically engineered content. We must stand up for community members who have been excluded, oppressed, and maltreated and for people who have been subjected to multiple systems of oppression and exclusion. The mentally ill are people with serious mental problems who often need social support networks. Support, enforce and strengthen the National Environmental Policy Act. These individuals must be prioritized to escape the intolerable conditions. The Green Party would end security surveillance and covert infiltration of organizations that promote rights for sexual and gender minorities. Restoration of the Pledge of Allegiance to its pre-1954 version, eliminating the politically motivated addition of "under God.". It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Young people's creative potential should be encouraged to the greatest extent possible. Green Party on Defense - On the Issues On several issues, there are wide differences between Republican and Democratic gun owners and even larger differences between members of both parties who do not own guns. We acknowledge and actively endorse the inherent and absolute right of indigenous nations to self-determination, and thereby call upon the U.S. government to reverse its opposition to enactment of the proposed United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in its entirety. Millions of immigrants and supporters of justice for immigrants have marched in the streets. Until the power of the multinationals is curbed, we will continue to be confronted with seemingly no win choices.When the government has the power to deny legal rights and due process to one vulnerable group, everyones rights are at risk.
