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 [...]

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 [...]