Keynote Address by Bill Durston, MD President, Americans Against Gun Violence At the AfriPeace Foundation Annual Benefit Dinner Sacramento, California, October 13, 2018   I’d like to thank Dr. Uwazie for the honor of being invited to speak this evening and also for the work that he and his colleagues do through the AfriPeace Foundation. The late South African leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Nelson Mandela, once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon [...]

Calling Out Kavanaugh... For his Hypocrisy on Gun Control and the Second Amendment   A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence In his opening statement at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, sought to portray himself as a humble servant of the U.S. Constitution. He stated: A judge must be independent and interpret the law, not make the [...]

Open Carry Is Coming Soon...Unless We Act Now A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence   Unless we act now, open carry of loaded guns is coming soon to a theater near you – and to restaurants, grocery stores, parks, sidewalks, streets, and other public places as well. If you live in a state like Alaska, Alabama, Louisiana, or Texas that already allows open carry of loaded firearms in most public places, [...]

“Why Do I have To March For My Life?” And Other Winning Essays in the 2018 Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence In March of this year, we announced our first annual Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest, open to all high school students in the United States and its territories. The prompt for the contest was a statement [...]

A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence Our country is once again reeling from yet another mass shooting on a U.S. school campus. At about 7:30 AM Central Daylight Time on Friday, May 18, a 17 year old student at Santa Fe High School, located in a town of about 12,000 people 20 miles west of Galveston, Texas, opened fire with a shotgun and a handgun, killing eight students and two teachers [...]