Gun Violence in the U.S. - Our Shameful Epidemic: 2025 update

Sunday, October 26, 2025, 2 - 4 pm. Doors open 1:45 pm.
Location: Reason Center, 1300 Ethan Way, Suite 675, Sacramento.
Sponsored by Atheists & Other Freethinkers (AOF)

Dr. Bill Durston, MD, president of Americans Against Gun Violence (AAGV), will discuss the main factors driving our gun violence epidemic, the definitive measures needed to stop the epidemic, the obstacles to taking these measures, and ways of overcoming these obstacles.

The rate of gun related deaths in our country is currently at least ten times higher than the average rate for the other high income democratic countries of the world.
Since 2020, gunshot wounds have become the leading cause of death for U.S. children and adolescents.

The AAGV position is that we have the ability and the moral responsibility to reduce rates of firearm related deaths and injuries in the U.S. to levels that are at or below the rates in other economically advanced democratic countries.

Bill Durston, MD, worked for more than 35 years as a board certified emergency physician in Sacramento, California, during which time he treated innumerable gunshot victims.

Before becoming a physician, Bill was an expert marksman in the United States Marine Corps, serving in combat in Vietnam, where he was decorated for “courage and composure under fire.”

In March of 2016, Bill co-founded a new national non-profit organization,
Americans Against Gun Violence, aagunv.org,(http://aagunv.org,) to extend to a national level the gun violence prevention work that Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSB/Sacramento) was doing locally.
Bill can be contacted through AAGV by email at [email protected].(http://[email protected].)

-Event is open to the public. -Free parking in the lot.
-Ok to BYO snack/beverage -- or to share if you wish.
-AOF will provide cool, clear water.
-No entrance fee; Donations gratefully accepted.
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