Alex Mounir walked across a graduation stage at Toyota Center then across the street to protest outside the NRA annual convention. Meanwhile, Paul Davis said he’s tired of being blamed for violence simply for supporting gun rights.
, on the children killed because guns are so prevalent, and the sense no one is speaking for them.
“We need fewer of them, not more, and it’s appalling to me anyone would celebrate them,” Moreno said. At times that could be challenging. A group of 20 or so members of the Proud Boys, a far-right neo-fascist group, appeared as counterprotesters and hurled anti-gay slurs at the approximately 200 protesters. Pushed back by police, the group loitered around Discovery Green, members talking with one another.
Still, many said they hope cooler heads can prevail, including Robyn Sandoval, executive director of A Girl and A Gun, a female shooting league that does training and education.
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