June 2020 – Americans Against Gun Violence

Important Messages in Troubled Times from Our 2020 High School Essay Contest Winners

2022-10-09T13:43:47-07:00

Important Messages in Troubled Times from Our 2020 High School Essay Contest Winners A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence June 7, 2020 Last December, when we announced the opening of our 2020 Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest, we couldn’t have imagined that by the deadline for students to enter the contest in mid-April, high school campuses across our country would be closed and much of the [...]

Announcing the Winners of our 2020 National High School Essay Contest

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:47-07:00

Congratulations to the winners in this year’s Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest! Their outstanding essays are posted below. The prompt for the 2020 contest was the following position statement published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in April of 2000: Firearm regulations, to include bans of handguns and assault weapons, are the most effective way to reduce firearm-related injuries. The contest was open to all high school students in the United States [...]