High Profile Shootings in the USA…
February 15, 2024, Kansas City, Missouri: 43 year old mother and radio show host killed, at lease 23 other people injured, half of whom were children, at Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Victory Celebration at while approximately 800 armed police officers stood guard…
February 3, 2024, Greenville, North Carolina: 3 year-old child finds a gun in the home and shoots and kills himself…
January 4, 2024, Perry, Iowa: Sixth grade student and school principal killed, four other students and two other staff wounded by 17 year old student before he killed himself…
October 25, 2023, Lewiston, Maine: 18 people killed in bowling alley and sports bar by former Army marksman and certified firearms instructor using high caliber semi-automatic rifle…
October 3, 2023, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland: 5 people wounded at homecoming party…
August 28, 2023, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Professor shot and killed by graduate student…
May 6, 2023, Allen, Texas: 8 people killed, 7 wounded in mass shooting committed with AR-15 at shopping mall…
May 3, 2023, Atlanta, Georgia: Coast Guard veteran kills one woman, wounds 4 others with concealed handgun at medical facility after his request for prescription for controlled drugs is denied…
April 28, 2023, San Jacinto County, Texas: Gunman invades home and kills 25 year old wife, 9 year old son, and three friends of neighbor who complained about his repeated wanton gunfire…
April 15, 2023, Hebron, New York: 20 year old woman fatally shot by homeowner after she and friends accidentally drove up wrong driveway…
April 13, 2023, Kansas City, Missouri: 16 year old African American young man shot in head and arm by homeowner after knocking on wrong door to pick up his siblings…
April 10, 2023, Old National Bank, Louisville, Kentucky: 5 people killed, 8 wounded, including responding officer critically wounded by gunshot wound to the head, by bank employee…
March 27, 2023, Nashville, Tennessee: 3 nine year old children and 3 staff members killed by former student at church affiliated elementary school…
February 17, 2023, Arkabutla, Mississippi: 6 people killed…
February 13, 2023, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan: 3 students killed, 5 critically wounded…
January 23, 2023, Oakland California: 1 person killed, 7 wounded at gas station…
January 23, 2023, Half Moon Bay, California: 7 agricultural workers killed…
January 21, 2023, Monterey Park, California: 10 people killed, 10 others wounded in mass shooting at dance studio during Chinese New Year celebration…
January 16, 2023, Goshen, California: 6 people, including 17 year-old mother and her 6 month old baby, killed in their home…
January 6, 2023, Richneck Elementary School, Newport News, Virginia: 6 year-old shoots teacher with a handgun…
January 4, 2023, Enoch, Utah: Man kills wife, mother-in-law, and 5 children, ages 4-17, before killing himself in their home…
November 22, 2022, Walmart store, Chesapeake, Virginia: 6 employees killed, at least 6 others wounded by store manager…
November 21, 2022, “Club Q” LGBTQ nightclub, Colorado Springs, Colorado: 5 people killed, 18 wounded…
November 13, 2022, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, North Carolina: 3 students killed, 2 others wounded by another student…
October 24, 2022, Central Visual Arts and Performing High School, St., Louis, Missouri: 15 year old student and a teacher killed, 7 others wounded by 19 year old former student…
October 13, 2022, Raleigh, North Carolina: 5 people killed, 2 wounded by 15 year-old boy apparently shooting people at random in upscale neighborhood and along adjacent nature trail…
July 4, 2022, Highland Park, Illinois, 4th of July Parade: 6 people killed, dozens wounded…
June 30, 2022, Prestonburg, Kentucky: 3 police officers killed, 5 injured in ambush by domestic violence suspect…
June 5, 2022, Chattanooga, Tennessee: 3 people killed, 14 wounded…
June 4, 2022, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 3 people killed, 11 wounded, including innocent bystanders in shootout in South Street restaurant district…
June 1, 2022, Tulsa, Oklahoma: Disgruntled patient kills his back surgeon, another physician, a receptionist, and another patient at St. Francis Hospital…
May 24, 2022, Uvalde, Texas: 21 people killed, including 19 students and 2 teachers, at Robb, Elementary school by 18 year old boy who legally purchased semi-automatic rifle…
May 15, 2022, Irvine, California: 1 person killed, 5 people wounded (4 critically) by a gunman targeting worshippers of Taiwanese descent in a Presbyterian church…
May 14, 2022, Buffalo, New York: 10 people killed, 3 people wounded at a supermarket by white supremacist targeting African Americans…
April 12, 2022, Brooklyn, New York: At least 10 people wounded in mass shooting on subway…
April 3, 2022, Sacramento, California: 6 people killed, 12 wounded in shootout in nightclub district after bars closed…
February 28, 2022, Sacramento, California: 39 year old man under domestic violence restraining order kills church elder and his three daughters, ages 9, 10, and 13, before killing himself during supervised visit at church…
November 30,2021, Oxford High School, Oxford, Michigan: 4 students killed, 6 other students and a teacher wounded by 15 year old student…
October 25, 2021, Boise, Idaho shopping mall: 2 people killed, 4 injured…
October 21, 2021, Bonanza Ranch, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Male lead actor accidentally shoots and kills female cinematographer, wounds male director with antique revolver thought to be unloaded during filming of Western movie…
October 17, 2021, Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana: One person killed, 7 wounded (one critically) at homecoming event…
October 15, 2021, Mobile, Alabama high school football game: 4 people wounded, one critically…
October 6, 2021, Timberview High School, Arlington, Texas: Two people wounded, including 15 year old student critically injured and 25 year old teacher with less serious gunshot wound, by 18 year old student…
June 26, 2021, Winthrop, Massachusetts: 53 year old African American man and 60 year old African American woman killed by white supremacist…
Miami-Dade rap concert, May 30, 2021: 2 people killed, 20 wounded…
Light rail maintenance facility, San Jose, California, May 26, 2021: 9 people killed by disgruntled employee…
FedEx warehouse, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 15, 2021: 8 people killed, 7 wounded…
Bryan, Texas, April 8, 2021: 1 person killed, 6 people wounded, including responding police officer, by disgruntled cabinet shop employee…
Rock Hill, South Carolina, April 7, 2021: Five people killed, including emergency physician, his wife, and two grandchildren, ages 5 and 9; 1 person seriously wounded…
Orange, California, March 31, 2021: Four people killed, including a 9 year old boy, one person critically wounded…
Boulder, Colorado supermarket, March 22, 2021: 10 people killed, including first responding police officer…
Atlanta-area spas, Georgia, March 16, 2021: 8 people killed, including 6 Asian-American women, 1 wounded…
Atlanta, Georgia, November 6, 2020: 3 people killed, including rapper, King Von; 3 others wounded…
Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 2020: 15 mourners wounded outside funeral home in drive by shooting…
Springfield, Missouri, March 16, 2020: 5 people killed in shooting spree beginning at gas station…
Molson Coors Brewery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 26, 2020: 5 people killed by coworker who then shot and killed himself…
Jersey City, New Jersey, December 10, 2019: 4 people, including a police officer, killed, 3 other people, including 2 officers and a civilian, wounded in suspected anti-semitic hate crime…
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, December 6, 2019: 3 trainees killed, 8 other people, including 2 police officers injured…
December 4, 2019, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii: 2 civilians killed, 1 wounded by on duty sailor…
Fresno, California, November 17, 2019: 4 people killed, 6 wounded at backyard party…
Saugus High School, Santa Clarita, California, November 14, 2019: 2 students killed, 3 wounded by 16 year old student who shot himself immediately afterward and later died…
Long Beach, California, October 29, 2019: 3 people killed, 9 wounded…
Elkmont, Alabama, September 2, 2019: Father, step-mother, 6 year-old step-brother, 5 year old step-sister, and 6 month old step-brother shot and killed by 14 year-old boy…
Midland and Odessa Texas, August 31, 2019: 7 people killed, 24 wounded…
Dayton, Ohio, August 4, 2019: 9 people killed, 27 injured…
El Paso Texas, August 3, 2019: 22 people killed, at least 24 other injured…
Gilroy, California, July 28, 2019: 3 people killed, 13 injured…
Municipal Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 31, 2019: 12 people killed, 4 wounded…
STEM Charter School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, May 7, 2019: 1 student killed, 8 students wounded…
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, April 30, 2019: 2 students killed, 4 students wounded…
Baltimore, Maryland neighborhood cookout, April 29, 2019: 1 person killed, at least 7 people wounded…
April 27, 2019, Chabad Synagogue, Poway, California: 1 woman killed, 3 people, including 8 year old girl, wounded…
February 15, 2019, Henry Pratt Manufacturing Plant, Aurora, Illinois: 5 employees killed, 5 police officers wounded…
January 26, 2019, near Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 5 people killed, including gunman’s girlfriend, girlfriend’s father and brother, and gunman’s parents…
January 23, 2019, SunTrust Bank, Sebring, Florida: 5 women killed…
January 10, 2019, Davis, California: 22 year old female police officer ambushed and killed during her first month on the job while investigating minor traffic accident…
Chicago Mercy Hospital, November 20, 2018: Emergency physician, pharmacy resident, and police officer killed by physician’s ex-boyfriend…
Thousand Oaks, California, November 7, 2018: 12 people killed, 22 injured…
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 27, 2018: 11 people killed, 6 wounded at Jewish synagogue by anti-Semitic gunman…
Bakersfield, California, September 13, 2018: 5 people killed, including shooter’s ex-wife…
Cincinnati, Ohio, Fountain Square Office Building, September 6, 2018: 3 people killed, 2 wounded…
Jacksonville, Florida Video Football Gaming Tournament, August 26, 2018: 2 people killed, 9 wounded…
Capital Gazette newspaper, Annapolis, Maryland, June 28, 2018: 5 people killed, including editor, 3 journalists, and another staff member…
Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, Texas, May 18, 2018: 8 students and 2 teachers killed, 13 wounded…
Nashville, Tennessee, April 22, 2018: 4 people killed, 2 wounded…
Pathway Home for Veterans with PTSD, Yountville, California, March 9, 2018: 3 female staff killed by former client…
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, February 14, 2018: 14 students and 3 staff killed, 17 wounded by former student…
Marshall County High School, Benton, Kentucky, January 23, 2018: 2 students killed, 14 wounded by 15 year old male student…
Since 1968, more U.S. civilians have been killed by guns than all the U.S. soldiers killed by any means in all the wars in which the United States has ever been involved…
On an average day in 2017, 109 people were killed by guns in the United States, and at least 2-3 times this many people suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds…
In 2017, a total of 39,773 people were killed by guns in the United States, and at least 2-3 times this many people suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds…
Highlands Ranch, Colorado, December 31, 2017: 1 police officer killed, 4 other officers and 2 civilians wounded…
Tehama County, California, November 14, 2017: 5 people killed, 12 wounded, including 6 children…
Sutherland Springs, Texas, November 5, 2017: 26 people killed, 20 wounded…
Las Vegas, Nevada, October 1, 2017: 58 people killed, 422 wounded…
Freeman High School, Rockford, Washington, September 13, 2017: 1 student killed, 3 students wounded…
New York City Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, June 30, 2017: 1 person killed, 5 wounded…
Little Rock, Arkansas, June 30, 2017: 25 people wounded…
Alexandria, Virginia baseball field, June 14, 2017: 4 people wounded…
San Francisco UPS warehouse, June 14, 2017: 3 people killed, 2 wounded…
Hollywood/Fort Lauderdale Airport, Florida, January 6, 2017: 5 people killed, 6 wounded…
Since 1968, more U.S. civilians have been killed by guns than all the U.S. soldiers killed by any means in all the wars in which the United States has ever been involved….
On an average day in 2016, 106 people were killed by guns in the United States of America, and approximately, 232 suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds….
In 2016, a total of 38, 658 people were killed by guns in the United States of America….
Since 1968, more U.S. civilians have been killed by guns than all the U.S. soldiers killed in all the wars in which the United States has ever been involved…
Townville, South Carolina, September 28, 2016: 2 people killed, including shooter’s father and 6 year boy, 2 others wounded by 14 year old boy…
Burlington, Washington, September 28, 2016: 5 people killed at department store makeup counter…
Fort Myers, Florida, July 25, 2016, 2 people killed: 17 wounded…
Sniper Attacks, Dallas, Texas, July 7, 2016: 5 people killed, 7 wounded…
Pulse Nightclub, Orlando, Florida, June 12, 2016: 49 people killed, 58 wounded…
Excel Industries, Hesston, Kansas, February 25, 2016, 3 people killed, 14 wounded…
Kalamazoo, Michigan, February 20, 2016, 6 killed, 2 people wounded…
On an average day in the United States in 2015, 99 people killed by guns, 232 wounded….
Since 1968, more U.S. civilians have been killed by guns than all the U.S. soldiers killed in all the wars in which the United States has ever been involved…
Inland Regional Center, San Bernardino, California, December 2, 2015, 14 people killed, 21 wounded…
Planned Parenthood, Colorado Springs, November 27, 2015, 3 people killed, 9 wounded…
Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon, October 1, 2015, 9 people killed, 9 wounded…
Marine Corps Recruitment Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 16, 2015, 5 people killed, 2 wounded…
Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, South Carolina, June 17, 2015, 9 people killed, 1 wounded…
On an average day in the United States in 2014, 92 people killed by guns, 222 wounded…
Since 1968, more U.S. civilians have been killed by guns than all the U.S. soldiers killed in all the wars in which the United States has ever been involved…
Marysville-Pilchuck High School, Marysville, Washington, October 24, 2014, 5 people killed, 1 wounded…
University of California, Santa Barbara student mass murder, Isla Vista, California, May 23, 2014, 6 people killed, 13 wounded…
Fort Hood, Texas, April 3, 2014, 3 people killed, 12 wounded…
Rancheria Tribal Office and Community Center, Alturas, California, February 20, 2014, 4 people killed, 2 wounded…
On an average day in the United States in 2013, 92 people killed by guns, 231 wounded…
Since 1968, more U.S. civilians have been killed by guns than all the U.S. soldiers killed in all the wars in which the United States has ever been involved…
Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C., September 16, 2013, 12 killed, 8 wounded…
Hialeah Apartment Building, Hialea, Florida, July 26, 2013, 7 killed…
Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California, June 7, 2013, 6 killed, 3 wounded…
Pinewood Village Apartment, Federal Way, Washington, April 21, 2013, 5 killed…
On an average day in the United States, 92 killed, over 180 wounded…
In an average year in the United States, over 30,000 killed, over 60,000 wounded…
Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012, 20 children and 7 adults killed, 2 wounded…
Accent Signage Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 27, 2012, 7 killed, 1 wounded…
Sikh Temple, Oak Creek, Wisconsin, August 5, 2012, 7 killed, 3 wounded…
Century Movie Theater, Aurora, Colorado, July 20, 2012, 12 killed, 58 wounded…
Café Racer, Seattle, Washington, May 20, 2012, 6 killed, 1 wounded…
Oikos University, Oakland, California, April 2, 2012, 7 killed, 3 wounded…
"Pious condolences will no longer suffice…"
"Quarter measures and half measures will no longer suffice…"
"The time has now come that we must enact stringent gun control legislation…"
"…gun control legislation comparable to the legislation in force in virtually every civilized country in the world."

Senator Thomas Dodd, June 11, 1968

About Bill Durston

Bill Durston, M.D., is a board certified emergency physician who has treated innumerable civilian gunshot victims during a medical career spanning more than 40 years. Before becoming a physician, Durston served in combat with the U.S. Marine Corps during the height of the Vietnam War. He qualified as an expert marksman in the Marines and was decorated for "courage under fire" as a patrol leader with the Marines' prestigious Third Force Reconnaissance Company. Dr. Durston has worked in the area of gun violence prevention with numerous organizations, both medical and non-medical, throughout his career. In 2016, he co-founded Americans Against Gun Violence to fill the need for a national organization that would openly advocate adopting stringent gun control laws in the United States comparable to the laws that have long been in effect in all the other high income democratic countries of the world. Dr. Durston continues to serve as the founding president of Americans Against Gun Violence.
Oct 26, 2021

November 7 online discussion of “Dunblane: Never Forget,” with the author, Dr. Michael North

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Anyone who is seriously interested in helping achieve the adoption of the kinds of definitive gun control laws necessary to stop the U.S. epidemic of gun violence is invited to participate in an online discussion hosted by Americans Against Gun Violence of the book, Dunblane: Never Forget, with the book’s author, Dr. Michael North, on Sunday, November 7, at 11 AM PST. Here is the URL for logging in to the discussion: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87981540216?pwd=UUhQM0ZGbjZwMDVzTTcxcERsZVNQZz09 Dr. North [...]

November 7 online discussion of “Dunblane: Never Forget,” with the author, Dr. Michael North2022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00
Oct 13, 2021

An invitation from the president of Americans Against Gun Violence to join in a discussion of the book, Dunblane: Never Forget, with the author, Dr. Michael North, on Sunday, November 7

2022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00

I’d like to invite everyone who is serous about stopping our country's shameful epidemic of gun violence to participate in an online discussion of the book, Dunblane: Never Forget, with the book's author, Dr. Michael North on Sunday, November 7, at 11 AM PST. Dr. North, who was our keynote speaker at last year’s online annual conference, lost his five year old daughter, Sophie, in the mass shooting at the elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, in 1996, [...]

An invitation from the president of Americans Against Gun Violence to join in a discussion of the book, Dunblane: Never Forget, with the author, Dr. Michael North, on Sunday, November 72022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00
Sep 22, 2021

Americans Against Gun Violence Calls on High Court to Overturn Rogue 2nd Amendment Decision

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Sacramento California, September 22, 2021: Americans Against Gun Violence filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the case of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen on Tuesday, September 21, in which the organization called on the Supreme Court to overturn its rogue 2008 Heller decision.   In the NYSRPA v. Bruen case, the gun lobby claims that New York State's laws restricting the carrying of concealed handguns violates the Second Amendment. The gun lobby's argument is based [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Calls on High Court to Overturn Rogue 2nd Amendment Decision2022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00
Jul 20, 2021

Americans Against Gun Violence Denounces Split Ruling by 3-Judge Appeals Court Panel Concerning the Legal Age to Purchase a Handgun

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  Sacramento California, July 20, 2021: Americans Against Gun Violence denounces the ruling by a 2-1 majority of a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that the federal law prohibiting the sale of handguns to persons under the age of 21 by federally licensed firearm dealers (FFL’s) violates the Second Amendment. In 1968, in response to a growing epidemic of gun violence in the United States, with the majority of shootings being committed with [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Denounces Split Ruling by 3-Judge Appeals Court Panel Concerning the Legal Age to Purchase a Handgun2022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00
Jun 29, 2021

Americans Against Gun Violence President Speaks About Gun Violence Prevention at “Pathways for Justice” Event

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Americans Against Gun Violence president Dr. Bill Durston was invited to speak on the topic, "Gun Violence in America: A Preventable Epidemic," during an hour long interactive online forum hosted by the Pathways for Justice Ministry of Sacramento's St. Francis of Assisi Parish on Monday, June 28. The event was recorded and can be viewed online by clicking on this link: https://youtu.be/vsTZ0HRicJg During his presentation, which is supplemented with illustrative slides, Dr. Durston speaks and [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence President Speaks About Gun Violence Prevention at “Pathways for Justice” Event2022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00
Jun 09, 2021

Americans Against Gun Violence Denounces District Court Judge Roger Benitez’s Ruling in Miller v. Bonta that California’s Assault Weapons Ban Violates Second Amendment

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Sacramento California, June 9, 2021: Americans Against Gun Violence denounces the ruling by San Diego District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez on June 4, 2021, in the case of James Miller et al v. Rob Bonta, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California, et al, that California’s assault weapons ban violates the Second Amendment. Judge Benitez’s extreme bias is clear from the very first sentence of his decision, in which [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Denounces District Court Judge Roger Benitez’s Ruling in Miller v. Bonta that California’s Assault Weapons Ban Violates Second Amendment2022-12-27T18:39:55-08:00
May 27, 2021

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at San Jose Valley Transit Authority

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Sacramento California, May 27, 2021: Americans Against Gun Violence extends heartfelt sympathy to the families, friends, and coworkers of the of the nine people who were killed in the mass shooting at the San Jose Valley Transit Authority (VTA) maintenance facility on Wednesday, May 26. We also extend our sympathy to the members of the VTA staff who were not physically injured but who suffered severe psychological trauma as a result of being present during the [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at San Jose Valley Transit Authority2022-10-09T13:43:47-07:00
May 25, 2021

Announcing the Winners of our 2021 National High School Essay Contest

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Americans Against Gun Violence is pleased to announce the winners of our 2021 National High School Essay Contest. To enter the contest, which was open to all high school students in the United States and its territories, students were required to submit an essay of 500 words or fewer in response to the following prompt: “Describe the effect on American youth of the confluence of our country’s longstanding gun violence epidemic with the current Covid-19 [...]

Announcing the Winners of our 2021 National High School Essay Contest2022-10-09T13:43:47-07:00
Apr 19, 2021

The U.S. Gun Violence Epidemic Is Far Worse Than An “Embarrassment” – And the President’s Proposals for Stopping It Are Woefully Inadequate

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The U.S. Gun Violence Epidemic Is Far Worse Than An “Embarrassment” – And the President’s Proposals for Stopping It Are Woefully Inadequate A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence April 18, 2021   In a speech that he delivered in the White House Rose Garden on the morning of April 8, 2021, following four high profile mass shootings – in Atlanta, Georgia; Boulder, Colorado; Orange, California; and Rock Hill, South Carolina – [...]

The U.S. Gun Violence Epidemic Is Far Worse Than An “Embarrassment” – And the President’s Proposals for Stopping It Are Woefully Inadequate2022-10-09T13:43:47-07:00
Mar 25, 2021

As Mass Shootings Make Headlines, We Call on Courts to End Second Amendment Fraud

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A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence March 25, 2021   Mass shootings are once again front page news. On March 16, a lone gunman, 21 year old Robert Aaron Long, shot and killed eight people, including six Asian American women, and wounded one other person at three different spas in the Atlanta, Georgia area. On March 22, another gunman (allegedly 21 year old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa), shot and killed ten [...]

As Mass Shootings Make Headlines, We Call on Courts to End Second Amendment Fraud2022-10-09T13:43:47-07:00
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