The price of guns and ammunition might go up if one California lawmaker gets his way.

Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove) has proposed a new bill that would add a new fee to purchases of guns and ammunition in California to fund a grant for more counselors and safety officers at California's more than 1,400 schools.

In a release announcing the bill he authored, Cooper says the School Gun Violence Prevention Act would allow more high schools to decide whether they wanted to employ a safety officer on campus.

“It sickens me to think about all the kids who have lost their lives in the school shootings that are plaguing our country. Arming teachers is not good public policy and shouldn’t be considered,” Cooper said.

Cooper authored the bill following a shooting at a Florida high school last month that left 17 people dead.

“A lot of these kids have trouble, especially in the middle school and high school years, and we really want to target them,” Cooper said. “Because of budget cuts, a lot of school don’t have counselors. This is a way to fund counselors and really identify these kids.”