AAGunV in the News – Americans Against Gun Violence

Jul 02, 2024

Press Release: A Critical Appraisal of Surgeon General Murthy’s Firearm Violence Advisory

Bill Durston2024-07-02T13:42:14-07:00

Sacramento California, June 27, 2024: During Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, Dr. Vivek Murthy co-founded “Doctors for Obama,” which morphed into “Doctors for America,” after Obama was elected as president. While serving as president of Doctors for America in October of 2012, Dr. Murthy “tweeted:” Tired of politicians playing politics w/guns, putting lives at risk b/c they’re scared of NRA. Guns are a health care issue. After the resignation of Surgeon General Regina Benjamin in [...]

Press Release: A Critical Appraisal of Surgeon General Murthy’s Firearm Violence AdvisoryBill Durston2024-07-02T13:42:14-07:00

Nov 14, 2023

Interview with Dr. Michael North on Capital Public Radio “Insight” Program After the Lewiston Mass Shooting is Available for Online Listening

Bill Durston2023-11-14T08:30:01-08:00

Americans Against Gun Violence brought Dr. Michael North of Scotland to be our keynote speaker at our annual dinner in Sacramento, California on Saturday, October 21. Dr. North lost his five year-old daughter, Sophie, in the 1996 mass shooting at the elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, in which Sophie's teacher and 15 other children were killed and ten other students and three other children were wounded. Great Britain already had a ban on automatic and [...]

Interview with Dr. Michael North on Capital Public Radio “Insight” Program After the Lewiston Mass Shooting is Available for Online ListeningBill Durston2023-11-14T08:30:01-08:00

Sep 08, 2023

Make Your Reservations to Attend Our 2023 Annual Dinner Featuring a Keynote Address by Dr. Michael North of Scotland

Bill Durston2023-09-08T16:05:53-07:00

Reservations are now open for our 2023 Americans Against Gun Violence Annual Dinner. The dinner, which is being co-hosted by the Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, will be held on the evening of Saturday, October 21, at the Hilton Arden West, 2200 Harvard Street, in Sacramento. Doors open for social hour, including a no-host bar, at 6:00 PM PDT, dinner will be served at 7:00, and the program, featuring a keynote address by [...]

Make Your Reservations to Attend Our 2023 Annual Dinner Featuring a Keynote Address by Dr. Michael North of ScotlandBill Durston2023-09-08T16:05:53-07:00

Aug 22, 2023

Americans Against Gun Violence Calls on the Supreme Court Once Again to Reverse a Death Sentence, Wrongly Decided, for Tens of Thousands of Americans Annually

Bill Durston2023-09-09T03:36:13-07:00

Sacramento, August 23, 2023: Americans Against Gun Violence filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief on Monday in the Supreme Court case of United States v. Rahimi. In this case, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a federal law prohibiting individuals subject to a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) from owning a gun violates the Second Amendment. Earlier this year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of Zackey [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Calls on the Supreme Court Once Again to Reverse a Death Sentence, Wrongly Decided, for Tens of Thousands of Americans AnnuallyBill Durston2023-09-09T03:36:13-07:00

Apr 13, 2023

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky

Bill Durston2023-04-13T10:22:22-07:00

Sacramento California, April 13, 2023: We at Americans Against Gun Violence extend our heartfelt sympathy to the families, friends, and colleagues of the five staff members who were killed in the mass shooting at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 10, 2023. We also send our sincere wishes for a prompt and complete recovery to the eight other people who were wounded, including police officer Nickolas Wilt, who was critically wounded by [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at the Old National Bank in Louisville, KentuckyBill Durston2023-04-13T10:22:22-07:00

Mar 28, 2023

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee

Bill Durston2023-03-28T11:14:31-07:00

Sacramento California, March 28, 2023: We at Americans Against Gun Violence extend heartfelt sympathy to the families, friends, classmates, and colleagues of the three young children and the three staff members who were killed in the mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee on March 27, 2023. We also extend our sympathy to the entire Nashville community. At the same time, though, we wish to point out that such tragedies are preventable, [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to Mass Shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, TennesseeBill Durston2023-03-28T11:14:31-07:00

Jan 13, 2023

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to the Adoption of Illinois Assault Weapon and Large Capacity Magazine Ban

Bill Durston2023-01-13T21:52:20-08:00

Sacramento California, September January 13, 2023: Americans Against Gun Violence commends the Illinois State Legislature for passing HB 5471 and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for signing this bill into law on January 9, 2023. The bill, also known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act and enrolled as Public Act 102-1116, includes both an assault weapons ban and a ban on large capacity magazines. This law is a significant step forward - from a symbolic point [...]

Americans Against Gun Violence Responds to the Adoption of Illinois Assault Weapon and Large Capacity Magazine BanBill Durston2023-01-13T21:52:20-08:00

Dec 15, 2022

An Open Letter to the PBS NewsHour Concerning Its Reporting on the 10th Anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre

Bill Durston2022-12-15T18:04:16-08:00

From the President of Americans Against Gun Violence Dear PBS NewsHour, Is the interview that William Brangham conducted on December 14, 2022, with Nicole Hockley, the devastated mother of Dylan Hockley, one of the 20 children murdered in the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, the best that the PBS NewsHour can do on the 10th anniversary of this preventable tragedy? And is “helping students identify and [...]

An Open Letter to the PBS NewsHour Concerning Its Reporting on the 10th Anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School MassacreBill Durston2022-12-15T18:04:16-08:00

Dec 06, 2022

False Assertions in December 3, 2022 Interview on NPR About Gun Violence Prevention

Bill Durston2022-12-06T22:56:54-08:00

NPR aired an interview this past weekend (December 3, 2022) with gun violence researcher Eric Fleegler in which several false assertions were made. In introducing Dr. Fleegler, the interviewer, Sarah McCammon, referred to a “new study” published by Dr. Fleegler and his co-authors in the Journal of the American Medical Association concerning firearm related deaths in the United States over the past 30 years. A transcript of the essay was posted on the NPR website [...]

False Assertions in December 3, 2022 Interview on NPR About Gun Violence PreventionBill Durston2022-12-06T22:56:54-08:00

May 26, 2022

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

Bill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:45-07:00

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, TexasBill Durston2022-10-09T13:43:45-07:00