Wilson County

And so I held that rifle there until several other officer pulled up, and when they did, they started breaking out AR-15s.

And when I saw they put up a roadblock, I just passed the county line from Wilson County into Guadalupe County.

Guadalupe County showed up on the Guadalupe County line and blocked off the highway up that side.

Wilson County, the fire department put a fire truck blocking off the road 200 yards from me on that side, and AR-15s started coming out.

I laid that rifle down, and I walked to the back of Johnny's truck.

And now I'm standing there trying to get my feet in the shade.

But the consequences of me not running across the street with a gun was gonna be more people in my community died.

Yeah.

So today we have Ray Herrera on again.

He's a VSO here in Wilson County in Texas, and he's been on with us before, but for our viewers that don't know you, Ray, can you kind of introduce yourself and give them a little info about how you came to do what you're doing?

Yes, my name is Ray Herrera.

I'm the veteran service officer for Wilson County, Texas.

I'm also a Navy veteran.

When I first got out of the service, I started working with veterans right away.

I later transferred into small businesses for veterans, and then I rolled right into as a veteran service officer.

So I've been a veteran service officer since working with veterans since 2013.

Um, Trump won it by, I wanna say four.

They basically took that part of Bexar County and tacked it onto some super red counties to the east, um, Wilson County, Guadalupe County, and Karnes County.

That's another Trump plus 10.

That's another one that's narrowly, um, majority Hispanic based on, uh, voting population.

And what caught my eye about this, not only does it come out of Texas, Guadalupe County is just next to the county I lived.

I lived in Wilson County.

San Antonio, where I worked, is in Barrow County.

Then there's Wilson County.

And Guadalupe County borders both of those counties.

So Guadalupe County is kind of like my old stomping ground.