In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt made it illegal for any US citizen to own or store gold/silver bullion. The US government asked We the People to turn in our bullion for US currency at face value instead of gold market value. Then they tried to seize private gold from We the People. In 1986 President Ronald Reagan made it legal for We the People to own and store gold/silver bullion.
Before the market crisis of 2008-09 silver was at $8.00/oz and gold was $300.00/oz. When the market crisis hit silver went as high as $50.00/oz and gold went as high as $1,800.00/oz. This petition's goal to make Precious Metals more available to We the People via the banks in order for more people to own PMs. When people decide to cash in at banks they'll receive equal to the market value and not FV.