i still won’t do it, but at least it was done right

“about fucking time” my fb buddy tanner said as he posted the article…

…for those that go back to the original whore days, this would be the “kid” who used to run around the ice bats hockey games where shane and i would notoriously fog up our box office (opposite side of the arena as his dad’s) with camel and fuente smoke to the point where he wouldn’t enter, then go get shitfaced in the vip lounge (NOT the kid, again that was us) but now he’s all growed up and going to motorcycle repair school in arizona.

the post was not about arizona.

the post was about texas finally approving open carry, where you can openly carry a pistol. rifles and shotguns have been around forever, but since the civil war ended texas, known for that whole “cowboy” thing, hasn’t allowed a six shooter (or, in more modern terms, a fifteen shooter) on your hip since the 1800’s…until now.

well, almost now.

“next stop, my pen” the texas governor has tweeted (sad that that’s a thing) but he hasn’t signed it yet.

it finally passed once they removed the provision barring law enforcement from asking if people had a permit, as you can only openly carry if your licensed to carry concealed, meaning you’ve taken a safety course, passed an fbi background check, and so forth. it was touted by opponents as “racial profiling” if cops were allowed to ask if somebody carrying a glock on their hip had a permit to do so, but even they had to finally admit that by “racial profiling” they meant “common fucking sense” so that part was nixed and all went through.

it’s always nice when your elected official agree with you, isn’t it?