Posted on 04/04/2013 12:01:52 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Gov. Rick Perry speaks wistfully — almost lovingly — about a rifle he recently fired while he was at a range in Leander owned by the manufacturer LaRue Tactical. “I’m incredibly passionate about a well-made piece of equipment,” Mr. Perry said in a phone interview last week, “whether it’s an automobile or a weapon.”
After the visit, LaRue posted Mr. Perry’s results online. From 100 yards away, the governor took three shots and grouped them — two shots hit the same spot — mere millimeters from the center of the target.
“That was pretty good, wasn’t it?” Mr. Perry said, though he gave most of the credit to the machinery. “If you don’t have a very well-made weapon, then I don’t care how steady your aim, how controlled your breathing or how smooth your trigger pull is.”
As debates over gun control intensify across the nation, Mr. Perry and some of his colleagues in the Texas Legislature are pushing to have more weapons of that sort made in the state. Mr. Perry said his office had sent letters to 34 different firearms and accessories manufacturers in other states, particularly where stricter gun and ammunition laws are being considered or passed, encouraging them to relocate to Texas....
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
We have open carry, do you?
Craigslist listing of homes in Dallas/Ft Worth area between $45,000-160,000 w/at least 3 bedrooms.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/search/rea?zoomToPosting=&query=&srchType=A&minAsk=45000&maxAsk=160000&bedrooms=3&hasPic=1
Thank you - that’s very helpful!
By all means, GTT.
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