"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

Mar 29, 2018

Americans Against Gun Violence Announces the Opening of Our 2018 National High School Essay Contest

2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00

The Americans Against Gun Violence 2018 National High School Essay Contest is now open to all high school students in the United States and its territories. A total of $15,000 will be awarded to the 12 contest winners. The prompt for the contest is the following quotation from the late Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut, who said in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on June 11, 1968: “The time has now come [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Announces the Opening of Our 2018 National High School Essay Contest2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00
Mar 27, 2018

Protests at March 27 Sacramento City Council Meeting Regarding Officer Involved Shooting

2018-03-28T13:12:50-07:00

Sacramento, California, March 27, 2018: Americans Against Gun Violence supports peaceful protest as a legitimate means of achieving social change. It does not, however, support the kind of verbally abusive, physically threatening protest that disrupted the Sacramento City Council meeting on two occasions this evening. The purpose of the meeting was to allow Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn and Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert to report on what they were doing in response to [...]

Protests at March 27 Sacramento City Council Meeting Regarding Officer Involved Shooting2018-03-28T13:12:50-07:00
Mar 20, 2018

CalPERS Board Votes Against Divesting from Assault Weapons Dealers

2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00

Americans Against Gun Violence is disappointed that the Investment Committee Board of Directors of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) voted on Monday not to study a proposal by California State Treasurer John Chiang to divest CalPERS pension funds from businesses throughout the country that are engaged in the sale of military style assault weapons that are illegal for sale in California. CalPERS had previously divested from the manufacturers of such weapons following the [...]

CalPERS Board Votes Against Divesting from Assault Weapons Dealers2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00
Mar 13, 2018

Please Call In as Students Walk Out

2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00

On Wednesday, March 14, high school students across the country are planning to walk out of class and/or engage in other activities to demand the adoption of definitive gun control laws in our country to prevent further mass shootings like the one that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14. The national student action, which was inspired by the activism of the surviving Marjory Stoneman Douglas students, is scheduled [...]

Please Call In as Students Walk Out2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00
Mar 13, 2018

An Open Letter to Student Gun Control Activists

2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00

An Open Letter to Student Gun Control Activists From the President of Americans Against Gun Violence   Dear Student Activists, I’m writing to you on behalf of Americans Against Gun Violence to express our full support for your demands for definitive action to prevent future tragedies like the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14. Your outrage is reasonable and appropriate, and we applaud you for your activism. [...]

An Open Letter to Student Gun Control Activists2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00
Mar 11, 2018

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at California Veterans Home

2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00

Sacramento, California, March 11, 2018: Americans Against Gun Violence extends heartfelt sympathy to the families, friends, and colleagues of Christine Loeber, Jennifer Golick, and Jennifer Gonzales Shusheba, who were shot and killed on Friday, March 9, by a former client who took them hostage at a home for veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Yountville, California. The three women worked as executive director, clinical director, and staff psychologist, respectively, at the home. The [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at California Veterans Home2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00
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