Bexar County Gun Safety Coalition

03/08/2025

09/18/2023

As the Bexar County Gun Safety Coalition Chair, I applaud the efforts of County Judge Peter Sakai, to facilitate a meeting between San Antonio Police Chief McManus and Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales, along with Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Sheriff Javier Salazar and District Judge Ron Rangel, who helps oversee administrative matters in the Bexar County courts. It is essential we have dialogue to resolve these critical issues and stop the gun violence. We must protect our law enforcement and find the right balance to protect the defendants' rights, they are innocent until proven guilty. That being said, if there is a repeat violent offender, we must do our best to keep them from doing another crime by keeping them off the streets, if possible. This is done with our law enforcement working closely with our magistrate judges, district judges, the DA and vice versa.

What we also need to do is have stronger common-sense gun safety laws at the State and Federal level. We must have community discussions to get our State and Federal Legislators to only keep guns in the hands of law abiding citizens. The Bexar County Gun Safety Coalition will have future community summits, other public meetings and advocacy events, to get our legislators to protect the rights of people to live their lives without being threatened to be killed attending school, church, movie theaters, shopping at stores, attending concerts and other activities.

-Lawrence Romo

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It’s the first meeting between the two since six San Antonio police officers were...

08/06/2023

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The Bexar County Gun Safety Coalition was present in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the 2023 LULAC national convention.

We are honored to have Dolores Huerta’s support in our efforts for gun safety!

08/04/2023

It was an honor for our alliance, the Bexar County Gun Safety Coalition, to be recognized by state representative Josey Garcia for our continued efforts in the past year to reduce gun violence in our city.

Josey Garcia has been a partner and advocate for the alliance and our cause, and has not only sponsored her office for our weekly meetings for the past six months, but has continued to offer support by being at the front line at events and whenever needed during this crucial cause.

Sonya De La Garza-Walker, the founder of this alliance, had a vision 1 year ago shortly after the tragedy of Uvalde. We are stronger united as organizations that can come together for a shared vision and cause. Collectively, over a dozen organizations now make up our coalition.

We may have been honored during this past legislation, but we are also honored to have the support in our continued fight for the health and safety of our children, families and overall community of our beautiful city of San Antonio from leaders such as Ms Josey Garcia and so many others ♥️

07/16/2023

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07/16/2023

We will continue to push forward, organize, and take action for our community 🙌🏼

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KSAT 12 News responded to more than 100 crime calls across June, and more than 40 of those calls were shootings.

07/15/2023

Bexar County Gun Safety Coalition Town Hall 7/13/2023 at the San Antonio Firefighter’s Banquet Hall

07/15/2023

On Thursday July 13,2023, we The Bexar County Gun Safety Coalition hosted a Town Hall and came together with local community leaders for an open dialogue session on the importance of gun safety and public health in our community.

We will continue to push forward towards common sense gun laws to help our citizens live in a safe environment.

Join our efforts by educating yourself on local, state and national gun safety laws, and partner with groups such as ours and countless others who work together for reform.

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The Bexar County Gun Safety Coalition hosted a town hall Thursday night with five community leaders to address the ongoing gun violence in San Antonio.