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Senator Thomas Dodd June 11 1968 Our 2025 National High School Essay Contest is Now Open for Student Entries. Announcing Our 2025 High School Essay Contestwith mixed emotions A Message from the President of Americans Against Gun Violence Every year when we announce the opening of our annual Americans Against Gun Violence National High School Essay Contest Im pleased on the one hand and deeply troubled on the other. And this year Im more troubled than ever. Preventing Firearm Related Deaths and Injuries in the United States of AmericaMission Statement of Americans Against Gun Violence Revised April 19 2023 Firearm related deaths and injuries are a serious public health problem in the United States of America and 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.