Americans Against Gun Violence congratulates the winners of our 2025 National High School Essay Contest. To enter the contest, students were required to submit an original essay of 500 words or fewer* describing their thoughts about the following excerpt from Supreme Court William O. Douglas’s opinion in the 1972 case of Adams v. Williams: A powerful lobby dins into the ears of our citizenry that these gun purchases are constitutional rights protected by the Second Amendment, [...]

To enter the 2025 Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest, students were asked to submit an original essay of 500 words or fewer describing their thoughts about the following excerpt from the late Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas’s opinion in the 1972 case of Adams v. Williams: A powerful lobby dins into the ears of our citizenry that these gun purchases are constitutional rights protected by the Second Amendment, which reads, [...]