Mass shootings have Latinos worried about being targets

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 02:34:51 +0000

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2019, file photo, people visit a makeshift memorial at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas. At the growing memorial for the victims of this Saturday massacre, the city’s roots in Catholicism and religion in general loom large. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Michelle Otero arrived at an art show featuring Mexican-American women, the first thing she did was scan the room. Two exits. One security guard. Then she thought to herself: If a shooter bursts in, how do my husband and I get out of here alive? Otero, who is Mexican-American and Albuquerque’s […]

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Walmart pulls violent game displays but will still sell guns

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 01:39:10 +0000

Walmart pulls violent game displays but will still sell guns

Walmart has ordered workers to remove video game signs and displays that depict violence from stores nationwide after 22 people died in a shooting at one of its Texas stores, but the big box retailer will continue to sell guns.

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PNP gets P784M worth of cars, weapons, gear

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 22:10:41 +0000

The Philippine National Police on Thursday got P784 million worth of guns, vests and cars meant to  “enhance the basic operational requirements of every PNP unit” in the country.

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Daily Poll: Have you changed travel plans to the U.S. because of gun violence?

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:23:03 +0000

Whether it was the Las Vegas shooting at a music festival that left 58 dead in 2017, the numerous school shootings, or the latest two on the weekend in Texas and Ohio that left 31 dead, some Canadians may feel uneasy about booking a trip south of the border. So far this year in the […]

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