El Paso slaughter spurs rush to buy guns

Dozens of El Paso residents — most of them Hispanic — have flocked to buy weapons and attend classes at one of the city’s largest gun shops after the mass shooting at a local Walmart, workers there said.

The general manager at Gun Central said his store tallied double its usual number of sales in the week after a shooter gunned down 22 people in what the madman told cops was an assault on “Mexicans.”

“We actually had two people buy guns here who were actually in the Walmart on the day of the shooting,” manager Michael McIntrye said. “The other people are just saying, ‘Hey, you know, I want to be able to protect myself in the event of something going on.’ This is not the last mass shooting we’re going to see.”

Handguns, which can be strapped to the ankle or shoulder under clothing, accounted for most of the sales, McIntyre said.

The shop also hosts certification classes for people interested in obtaining their concealed carry licenses — and the number of attendees has multiplied following the shooting.

“I have over 50 for this Saturday class and approximately the same amount for the Sunday class, and I normally have approximately seven,” McIntyre said.

Meanwhile, a couple who had been married for 60 years before being killed in the massacre were laid to rest Monday.

Raul Flores, 83, and Maria Flores, 77, had met across the border in Juárez, Mexico, and moved from California to the Texas city to retire, according to The Guardian.

“They were the most loving, humble and giving people you could ever meet,” said Raul Flores Jr., one of their three children.