We urge President Obama to call for legislation to create a "Victims of Gun Violence Recovery Fund" to help victims of criminally-inflicted gunshot wounds to financially survive the shooting.
This Fund would collect a nominal fee placed upon the sale of each round of ammunition sold within the United States - and upon each round of ammunition sold for receipt by a purchaser within the United States.
The monies collected by the "Victims of Gun Violence Recovery Fund" would be used to `make whole', individuals who have sustained medical expenses, rehabilitation expenses, mental health costs and loss-of-earnings due to wounds suffered in criminal shooting episodes, such as Aurora, CO and Oak Creek, WI.
Being wounded is horrible enough; being bankrupted by those wounds is so much worse.