Moved from CA to TX after a five year stint in the Army and other service to the evil empire in 98, what I've learned after 26 years in TX... lots of boot lickers in TX. 1999 had to apply for permission to carry a pistol. Not a lawyer but, when I was 16 in the small part of the worst state in the union, I sat next to deputies in a diner with a big ass SA revolver on my hip with no problems. WTF!?!