Grand jury declines to indict robbery victim who shot 9-year-old in car mistaken as getaway car

[Desk trauma]

I envision tanks on border control

To keep people from leaving Texas as it becomes a failed state.

 

[Tinker Grey]

Wow, this really answers my previous question. That place is like a whole different country. Didn't they try to start their own country when they stole the land from Mexico? I seem to remember reading that somewhere.
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Oh, here:
Republic of Texas - Wikipedia

They just do things their own way down there. I lived in Fort Worth and had a handgun within a month.

I've been in TX for 26 years and have never owned a gun.

 

[rturner76]

I've been in TX for 26 years and have never owned a gun.

I think you are the first one I have "met."

 

[Tinker Grey]

I think you are the first one I have "met."

So I did an informal poll at work (here in TX).

• Co-worker born and raised in TX turns 50 in a week. Never owned a gun.
• Co-worker born and raised in TX, mid-40s never owned a gun until his dad went a buying spree at the beginning of the pandemic. He now has one in his possession
• Co-worker in his 20s; been here 20 years. Has never owned a gun.
• Co-worker has been here 31 years. Used to have guns but let her ex take them all. Does not currently own a gun.
• One guy brought his gun(s) from Alabama.
• One guy owns guns. I wasn't clear on whether he brought them from CO or bought them here. I think it may just a small pistol for his wife who wanted one.
• One guy came from Mississippi. It took him 4 years here before he bought his first gun. He now has more guns than family members.

If I had guessed, I'd have said maybe 50% of Texans have guns.

I just web-searched and found this: It is estimated that at least 37% of Texans own guns. Texas Gun Violence Facts - Texas Gun Sense

This link has it at ~46%: Gun Ownership by State 2022

 

[cow451]

Oh my goodness that's horrible! He shouldn't have been shooting if his life wasn't in danger. I'm surprised he didn't get jail time.

One should not be shooting at innocent bystanders. One of the basics of gun safety self defense is correctly identifying your target as a threat.

I hope the family can get a wrongful death suit filed.

 

[rturner76]

So I did an informal poll at work (here in TX).

• Co-worker born and raised in TX turns 50 in a week. Never owned a gun.
• Co-worker born and raised in TX, mid-40s never owned a gun until his dad went a buying spree at the beginning of the pandemic. He now has one in his possession
• Co-worker in his 20s; been here 20 years. Has never owned a gun.
• Co-worker has been here 31 years. Used to have guns but let her ex take them all. Does not currently own a gun.
• One guy brought his gun(s) from Alabama.
• One guy owns guns. I wasn't clear on whether he brought them from CO or bought them here. I think it may just a small pistol for his wife who wanted one.
• One guy came from Mississippi. It took him 4 years here before he bought his first gun. He now has more guns than family members.

If I had guessed, I'd have said maybe 50% of Texans have guns.

I just web-searched and found this: It is estimated that at least 37% of Texans own guns. Texas Gun Violence Facts - Texas Gun Sense

This link has it at ~46%: Gun Ownership by State 2022

I stand corrected. When I lived there, everybody I knew had at least one gun most had more than one. Obviously, I didn't know everybody in Texas.

Question...In the polls did they consider what percentage of people who are allowed to own a gun or the population as a whole? That might make a difference.