Ending the Silence Around Youth Gun Violence
After multiple teen shootings shook the Mesquite community, Alfonso Solis used his voice to push for honest conversations about guns, mental health, and family responsibility. Through his family-focused gun-violence prevention efforts, he argues that prevention begins at home—with trust, communication, and adults willing to talk openly with children and teenagers before tragedy strikes. The message is not only about reacting to violence, but about building stronger support systems early enough to prevent it. In communities grieving young lives, that kind of leadership matters.