Posted August 14, 2019 9:00 am by Comments

By Cam Edwards

In the wake of the deadly shooting in El Paso, Texas earlier this month, we’ve seen the media breathlessly report on (and in many cases support) all kinds of gun control efforts at the state and federal level. At the same time, support for and the exercise of 2nd Amendment rights has been called scary, threatening, potentially violent, and other phrases designed to elicit fear among non-gun owners. Gun control advocates are pushing hard to de-normalize gun ownership right now, but in El Paso a growing number of Hispanic residents are pushing back.

More El Paso residents than ever before crowded into a class over the weekend to become certified to carry a concealed gun in public in Texas after this month’s mass shooting at a Walmart store that killed 22 people.

Guadalupe Segovia, 35, was at the class with her two children. She said her military husband had long been pushing for her to get a concealed-carry license, which allows the holder to wear a gun hidden under their clothes or carry it in a purse when they are in public.

Segovia said she felt urgency to do the required training now after the attack hit …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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