This article gives some of the reasons.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2013/08/txcome-and-take-it-means-to-restore.html
Primarily it is because Texas has not fully recovered from the tyranny imposed on it by the reconstruction government.
After the carpetbaggers were thrown out, the Democrats found that they liked a certain ammount of tyranny, especially when applied to former slaves and other groups not in political favor.
It was a good article and thanks for posting, but it still begs the question: the gop has been in control in TX for the last 19-20 years. And the gun laws still suck. I realize that rome wasn’t built in a day, but 20 years?
Bump