Uvalde massacre is yet another shooting affecting Latinos — and spotlighting gun issues

The Uvalde school shooting is one of the latest shootings predominantly impacting Latinos, as Hispanics weigh the need for more gun restrictions.

UVALDE, Texas — In the cemetery where some of the 21 victims of the recent elementary school shooting are being buried, Arnoldo Treviño Diaz declined to hold guns at fault, but he said he'd support stricter age restrictions on gun purchases.

Diaz, a Marine veteran who worked as a military police officer, pointed out that to carry a handgun for that job, he had to be 21. Those who aren't 21 have to get an adult to sign the paperwork to allow them to carry guns under federal law, he said.

"At 18, you are barely out of high school. You are just starting to learn responsibility," said Treviño, who attended the funeral and burial of Amerie Jo Garza, 10, a distant cousin.

Gun violence isn’t often discussed in the context of Latino communities, even though, according to research, Latinos are disproportionately affected by firearms violence.

But Latinos are and have been at the very center of gun violence, historically and more recently. The gunman in the 2019 shooting massacre in El Paso, Texas, targeted Latinos, several of whom were among the 23 people who were killed and the dozens more who were wounded. The attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in 2016 was on Latino night, and again, many Latinos were among the 49 people who were killed and the 53 who were wounded. Last week’s massacre took place at Robb Elementary School, where most of the young children who were killed, as well as the two teachers, were Latino.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/uvalde-massacre-yet-another-shooting-affecting-latinos-spotlighting-gu-rcna31722


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