Bill Durston – Page 11 – Americans Against Gun Violence

About Bill Durston

Bill Durston, M.D., is a board certified emergency physician who has treated innumerable civilian gunshot victims during a medical career spanning more than 40 years. Before becoming a physician, Durston served in combat with the U.S. Marine Corps during the height of the Vietnam War. He qualified as an expert marksman in the Marines and was decorated for "courage under fire" as a patrol leader with the Marines' prestigious Third Force Reconnaissance Company. Dr. Durston has worked in the area of gun violence prevention with numerous organizations, both medical and non-medical, throughout his career. In 2016, he co-founded Americans Against Gun Violence to fill the need for a national organization that would openly advocate adopting stringent gun control laws in the United States comparable to the laws that have long been in effect in all the other high income democratic countries of the world. Dr. Durston continues to serve as the founding president of Americans Against Gun Violence.

Feb 19, 2018

Americans Against Gun Violence Applauds Student Gun Control Activists Who Are Speaking Out in Aftermath of Mass Shooting

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00

Sacramento, California, February 19, 2018: Americans Against Gun Violence applauds the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other high schools across the country who are speaking out concerning the need for definitive gun control laws to protect them and their fellow classmates from horrific mass shootings like the one that occurred on February 14, 2018, in Parkland, Florida. Below are excerpts from some of the students’ statements. Condolences and saying we’re so sorry [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Applauds Student Gun Control Activists Who Are Speaking Out in Aftermath of Mass ShootingBill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00

Feb 16, 2018

Valentine’s Day School Massacre in One of our “Safest Cities”

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00

Valentine’s Day School Massacre in One of our “Safest Cities” A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence On February 14, 2018, a 19 year-old former student armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle shot and killed 17 students and staff and wounded at least 14 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Parkland had been rated as one of Florida’s two safest cities, and the 15th safest city in [...]

Valentine’s Day School Massacre in One of our “Safest Cities”Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:51-07:00

Feb 15, 2018

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Parkland, Florida High School Mass Shooting

Bill Durston2018-02-15T21:43:29-08:00

Sacramento, California, February 15, 2018: Americans Against Gun Violence extends heartfelt sympathy to the families, friends, classmates, and colleagues of all the students and staff who were mortally wounded during the mass shooting yesterday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. We also extend our heartfelt sympathy and sincere wishes for a speedy and complete recovery to all the other victims of the shooting. The United States is the only high income democratic [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Parkland, Florida High School Mass ShootingBill Durston2018-02-15T21:43:29-08:00

Feb 13, 2018

Study shows that U.S. youth are 82 times more likely to die of gun homicide than youth in other countries

Bill Durston2018-02-13T09:00:47-08:00

A study published in the journal Health Affairs in January of 2018 reported that during the years 2001-2010, youth ages 15-19 in the United States were 82 times more likely to die of gun homicide than youth in 19 other high income democratic countries (Ashish P. Thakrar et al., “Child Mortality In The US And 19 OECD Comparator Nations: A 50-Year Time-Trend Analysis,” Health Affairs 37, no. 1 (January 2018): 140–49). Data published by Centers for [...]

Study shows that U.S. youth are 82 times more likely to die of gun homicide than youth in other countriesBill Durston2018-02-13T09:00:47-08:00

Feb 04, 2018