"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

May 30, 2022

Announcing the Winners of our 2022 National High School Essay Contest

2023-01-06T08:56:25-08:00

Americans Against Gun Violence is pleased to announce the winners of our 2022 National High School Essay Contest, which was open to all U.S. high school students. To enter the contest, students were required to submit an original essay of 500 words or fewer by April 16, 2022, describing their thoughts about the following statement made by the late Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger during an interview on the PBS News Hour on December 16, [...]

Announcing the Winners of our 2022 National High School Essay Contest2023-01-06T08:56:25-08:00
May 27, 2022

“Seeking Refuge” – Another Horrific Mass Shooting…and Another Tragically Prescient Essay by a High School Student

2022-10-09T13:43:45-07:00

A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence   It was just over a week ago - a few days after the horrific mass shooting in which an 18 year old white supremacist targeted African Americans at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people and wounding three others - that I posted message concerning what had turned out to be a tragically prescient winning essay that a 9th grade high school student in Arizona [...]

“Seeking Refuge” – Another Horrific Mass Shooting…and Another Tragically Prescient Essay by a High School Student2022-10-09T13:43:45-07:00
May 26, 2022

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

2022-10-09T13:43:45-07:00

Sacramento California, May 26, 2022: Americans Against Gun Violence extends our heartfelt sympathy to the families, friends, classmates, and colleagues of all the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas on May 24. We also send sincere wishes for a prompt and complete recovery to the victims who suffered non-fatal injuries. As the late Senator Thomas Dodd stated more than half a century ago, though, in June of 1968: Pious condolences will no longer [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas2022-10-09T13:43:45-07:00
May 18, 2022

A Tragically Prescient Essay by a Ninth Grade High School Student

2022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00

A message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence May 18, 2022   We’d scheduled a Zoom call weeks in advance for the evening of Sunday, May 15, to make the final decision concerning the winners in this year’s Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest. The prompt for the contest was the following statement made by the late Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger during an interview on the PBS NewsHour [...]

A Tragically Prescient Essay by a Ninth Grade High School Student2022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00
May 12, 2022

Sanctimonious Nonsense: Two Trump-appointed 9th Circuit Judges Rule that California’s Age Limit for Purchasing Semi-Automatic Rifles Violates the Second Amendment

2022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00

Sacramento, California, May 12, 2022: In October of 2019, California Senate Bill 61 was signed into law, making it illegal to sell semi-automatic rifles to anyone under the age of 21 other than law enforcement officers or members of the armed forces.[1] The term, “semi-automatic,” is used to describe a firearm in which a feeding device (usually a “magazine”) delivers a new round into the firing chamber as quickly as the shooter can pull the [...]

Sanctimonious Nonsense: Two Trump-appointed 9th Circuit Judges Rule that California’s Age Limit for Purchasing Semi-Automatic Rifles Violates the Second Amendment2022-10-09T13:43:46-07:00
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