This petition seeks to provide funds to subsidize the cost of safety and relief efforts to schools and victims of gun related violent crime. Specific goals are:
* Subsidize the cost of enhanced security within the nation's public school system
* Provide relief to famlies and communities that are victims of firearm related violence
* Provide relief to the families of police officers killed in the line of duty
* Subsidize the cost of firearm safety courses
There are an estimated 270,000,000 privately owned firearms in the US and gun related violence costs $100 billion/year.
The US government can raise $27 billion annually by imposing a firarm tax liability, similar to a property tax, that raises an average of $100 per firearm, per year, earmarked to a special fund to meet these goal