[SJackson]

As I recall, didn't Texas have restrictive CCW laws many years ago - and wasn't their some famous case about a mass killer at a restaurant, and no one had a gun to take him down,

Actually one of the victims who survived, a daughter and I believe an MD, did have a weapon. In the trunk of her car. Useless

[oceanview]

and wasn't she instrumental in getting the laws changed?

[chiroman]

She was a chiropractor in a Big Boy restaurant and she had made a conscience decision to leave her gun in the car. Didn't feel it was necessary. She lost both parents in the ensuing reign of terror. She regreted that decision. I saw her story on Sally Jesse Rafael several years ago. That's why I never leave home without my gun.