October 2018 – Americans Against Gun Violence

Oct 29, 2018

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting: Condemning Anti-Semitism is Not Enough

Bill Durston2018-10-29T13:47:37-07:00

Americans Against Gun Violence extends heartfelt sympathy to the friends, family, and fellow synagogue members of the victims who were killed in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on October 17, 2018. We also send sincere wishes for a prompt and complete recovery to the victims who were wounded. We condemn the shooting and the anti-Semitism that motivated it in the strongest terms – but we don’t stop there. Americans Against Gun Violence calls [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting: Condemning Anti-Semitism is Not EnoughBill Durston2018-10-29T13:47:37-07:00

Oct 29, 2018

Responding to the Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting: Condemning Anti-Semitism is Not Enough

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:50-07:00

Responding to the Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting: Condemning Anti-Semitism is Not Enough A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence On Saturday, October 27, a gunman armed with an AR-15 assault rifle and three handguns entered a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during worship services and killed 11 people and wounded at least six others before being shot by police and taken into custody. The gunman, 46 year old Robert Bowers, had posted rabidly [...]

Responding to the Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting: Condemning Anti-Semitism is Not EnoughBill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:50-07:00

Oct 17, 2018

Preventing Gun Violence: From Africa to the Americas

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:50-07:00

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 [...]

Preventing Gun Violence: From Africa to the AmericasBill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:50-07:00

Oct 17, 2018

Americans Against Gun Violence Second Annual Fall Dinner, Saturday, November 10, in Sacramento, California

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:50-07:00

Americans Against Gun Violence is holding its Second Annual Fall Dinner on the evening of Saturday, November 10. The dinner will be held in conjunction with the Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility again this year at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 2001 Point West Way, in Sacramento. The cost of the dinner is $50 per person ($25 for students). Reserved tables are available for groups of 10 or more. Chicken and vegetarian (including vegan) [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Second Annual Fall Dinner, Saturday, November 10, in Sacramento, CaliforniaBill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:50-07:00

Oct 09, 2018

Dr. Durston to Speak at AfriPeace Foundation Benefit Dinner October 13

Bill Durston2018-10-09T08:26:37-07:00

Americans Against Gun Violence president, Dr. Bill Durston, will be the keynote speaker at the annual AfriPeace Foundation Benefit Dinner on the evening of Saturday, October 13. The dinner is being held in Edwards Plaza of the Country Day School, 2636 Latham Drive, in Sacramento, from 6-9 PM. The event is a fundraiser for the AfriPeace Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, whose mission is to promote peace, non-violence, and justice in Africa and her diaspora [...]

Dr. Durston to Speak at AfriPeace Foundation Benefit Dinner October 13Bill Durston2018-10-09T08:26:37-07:00

"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