Some cities and states have divested funds from the gun industry into other areas. Illinois should be able to do the same.

This petition is being started because too many of our American citizens are being killed by guns that are not owned legally.

It is an outrage to see so many innocent men, women, and children who life was ended by a senseless murder. Gun violence has to come to an end in our country.

It is time we find a way to keep our citizens safe. If the members of our Congress are too afraid to stand up to the NRA by enacting tighter gun control then we must find a way to curb the gun industry's power. We all know hitting the pocket book is a forceful weapon. State by state, one small step at a time is the way we can do this. Help South Carolina be a leader in giving our children a future.

My grandchildren attend elementary schools and I want to help then get the best education possible throughout the years. I also want to keep them safe by decreasing the number of illegal guns; as well as, guns sold without background checks in the United States

A dear friend was directly affected by this when his five-year-old nephew found a gun and shot and killed his six-year-old brother. It was pretty devastating to everyone—friends and family alike. And now all these senseless mass murders. Somehow this madness needs to stop and stop now.

I am starting a petition to request our state pension to divest from the gun industry In honor of the students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. Today is the one year anniversary of their untimely deaths. I am advocating for less gun violence on a grassroots local level to respect the Newtown families' wishes that citizens wishing to pay tribute to their children and loved ones do an act of kindness in their own communities. On a personal level, I was mugged and robbed in July in Santa Fe, NM. The young assailant crashed into me, knocked out a tooth, gave me a concussion and bruised my face, chest and ribs with the force of his body. Luckily he did not have a weapon other than his body. Had he had a gun at such close range, my injuries would have been severe, perhaps fatal.

The normalized frequency of shooting deaths and horrific mass murders in America is terrorizing each of us going about our daily lives. Just how does the Second Amendment right to bear muskets (shooting one bullet at a time) for self-defense give license to a crazed gunman mowing down a school of six-year-olds in ten minutes? You and I are the targets of a cold-blooded gun industry that promotes paranoia and a false sense of protection to drive sales, escalating a Wild West culture in which none of us is now safe. In a theater near you. Put the pressure on our elected officials to divest from mercenary corporations selling massive weapons of war as if family-friendly shotguns, easier to buy than a six-pack of beer, assaulting our country that's already armed to the teeth.

I do not want to hear about one more child, student or teacher placed in an early grave due to shootings and gun violence. It has to stop now. We are loosing many future brilliant minds due to lives being stolen too soon through gun violence. Let's stand and say NO MORE gun violence. We are DONE!!

Killing has become far too easy. Guns proliferate. In Indiana, it costs more to get a marriage license than to get a gun license. The application for a four-year handgun license is $10. The application for marriage when at least one person is a state resident is $18. Out-of-state residents must pay $60 for a marriage-license application.

America must stop its dysfunctional love affair with guns. This includes supporting the industry that produces weapons whose sole purpose is to kill. My Great Uncle Cliff fought in World War II because he believed he was protecting our freedom. He died in a mental hospital because he shot and killed someone who was simply knocking on his door because he thought he was an enemy soldier. Uncle Cliff was not a violent man. He was a man with mental issues who should have never been allowed to have a gun. This was 1972. Not much, if anything, has changed.

There are far better investments for the State of Nevada, such as green and sustainable energy. We do not need to invest in an industry that produces weapons that kill our teachers and children.