Only in Texas

Have I ever told you how much I love being a native Texan? We went to a little barbecue place for a late lunch today. There was an elderly couple next to us and then a middle-aged couple with an elderly lady at another table.

While we were eating, the man closest to us pulled a pretty hefty handgun out of a red, white & blue tote bag and was showing it off to the owner of the restaurant.

Then the younger of the two ladies at the next table opened her purse and pulled out the cutest little pink .38 you ever saw.

The talk involved everyone in the restaurant. The discussion went from the theft of two guns from someone's home to the CIA furnishing guns to the Mexican mafia. As we left the place, I wondered whether there are any other places besides Texas where people can freely discuss and show off guns without anybody feeling threatened.

Long live Texas!