30,000 people are killed by gun violence each year in this country. There have been 28 school shootings in the one year since Newtown. Through divestment, Pennsylvania can send a clear message to the gun industry that we no longer accept gun violence as "business as usual."

I have started this petition in order to help fight back against the gun lobby in the US. Gun sellers and manufactures are profiting from the mass slaughter of innocent US citizens on a daily basis. The state of Illinois has no business supporting this industry with taxpayer money.

After the shootings at Sandy Hook, many hedge funds, private equity firms, and local pension funds divested tens of millions of dollars from the gun industry. Yet a year later, there are still funds and firms profiting from murder. If Oregon divests, it'll weaken the gun industry's political power and clear the way for common sense gun violence prevention laws. We must weaken the gun lobby and its support of the ongoing carnage of our youth. Please sign my petition to Governor John Kitzhaber.

If the gun lobby can affect elections, we need to hit them in their wallets.

My son was killed in a home invasion in his 21st year. He was my only son and the grief of his death brought about his father's early death.

One year after the massacre at Sandy Hook, nothing has changed. If anything, things have gotten worse. Guns may be a necessary evil in society, but let us neither invest in their production, nor profit from it.

Every time there is a mass shooting, gun control legislation is proposed, people hurry to buy guns, and the gun industry profits. When the Commonwealth invests pension funds in gun manufacturers they are also profiting from the death of innocent people. Massachusetts can do better.

In light of all the gun violence in Colorado, it is time to divest from the gun industry.

I grew up in a small town in Washington state. That small town—Moses Lake—was made infamous after a deadly school shooting. If it can happen in Moses Lake, believe me, it can happen anywhere. We need common sense gun handling laws to both protect our children where they are most vulnerable, as well as to ensure that responsible gun owners are protected. Sadly, the agenda of some overshadows common sense by manipulating the truth with money. There is no price for keeping our children and their teachers safe. Therefore, with safety and protection as paramount and priceless, let us lead the way for transparency in funding.

A rifle owner from the age of 5, an NRA member at age 14, I am disgusted that the gun manufacturers have taken over the NRA and transformed it into vengeful political extremism. I want to reclaim our proud heritage and to loosen the stranglehold that the gun industry has over our legislators.

I am a doctor, and thus professionally and personally sworn to do no harm to other people. Having grown up on a farm, I understand hunting for meat and sport, but the gun lobby has pushed their mercantilistic agenda much too far. We need to limit access for criminals and the mentally unstable, and restrict the distribution of weapons of massacre. Divesting will lessen the unwelcome influence of these companies on our society.

I have watched with sadness and frustration at the power the gun industry has over legislators on the federal level. It seemed that there was finaly momentum last year after the unspeakable tragedy at Newtown. However, even that event could not inspire courage on the part of Washington. It was then that I realized if any reasonable restrictions would be enacted it would be state by state. Unfortunately Vermont has not taken this up. So now, rather than enact changes based on sense or ethics hopefully changes can be made based on financial disinsentives. Please divest any and all state holdings in any companies or corporations affiliated with the gun industry. Don't have our state finance an irresponsible industry.