Latino activists held a rally to demand action from Texas lawmakers one week after a shooting at an El Paso Walmart killed 22 people and injured dozens more.
Members of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which considers itself the nation's oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization, marched Saturday in Dallas to call for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to hold a special session on strengthening gun regulations.
"Both the El Paso, TX shooter, and the Dayton, OH shooter, who massacred nine people mere hours after the attack in El Paso, purchased their weapons legally in Texas," a press release from the organization stated, referring to the second of back-to-back mass shootings that drew renewed calls for gun reform."LULAC is demanding that Governor Abbot pass stricter gun legislation to protect fellow Texans and prevent mass shootings fueled by hateful, racism animus.
Domingo Garcia, president of the activist group, said the El Paso massacre was a result of the"hate rhetoric ... racism and bigotry that we're seeing in our political discourse in this election year."
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