May 2019 – Americans Against Gun Violence

May 26, 2019

Announcing the Winners in the 2019 Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:48-07:00

The prompt for the 2019 Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest was the following excerpt from the majority opinion written by the late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun in the 1980 case of Lewis v. United States: The Second Amendment guarantees no right to keep and bear a firearm that does not have "some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia." The contest was open to all high [...]

Announcing the Winners in the 2019 Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay ContestBill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:48-07:00

May 24, 2019

2018 National High School Essay Contest

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:48-07:00

Announcing the Winners of the 2018 Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest The prompt for the 2018 Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest was the following statement made by the late Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on June 11, 1968: The time has now come that we must adopt stringent gun control legislation comparable to the legislation in force [...]

2018 National High School Essay ContestBill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:48-07:00

May 15, 2019

Student Walkout at Vigil for STEM Charter School Mass Shooting Victims Highlights Importance of Our National High School Essay Contest

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:48-07:00

A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence High school students attending a vigil in the school auditorium on the evening after the mass shooting on the campus of the STEM* charter school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, disrupted the program after U.S. Senator Michael Bennett (D-Colorado) and U.S. Representative Jason Crow (D-Colorado) spoke concerning the need for stronger gun laws to prevent such tragedies from recurring.[i] Prior to the comments by the congressmen, [...]

Student Walkout at Vigil for STEM Charter School Mass Shooting Victims Highlights Importance of Our National High School Essay ContestBill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:48-07:00

May 06, 2019

The Campus Mass Shooting that Barely Made the News

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:48-07:00

The Campus Mass Shooting that Barely Made the News A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence On the evening of Tuesday, April 30, a former student, 22 year old Trystan Terrell, walked into a class at the University of North Carolina’s Charlotte campus and opened fire with a handgun, killing two students and wounding four others. According to first hand reports, one of the students who was killed in the attack, [...]

The Campus Mass Shooting that Barely Made the NewsBill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:48-07:00

"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