Sorry about the wounded cop. But he’ll be drinking free beer on that story for the rest of his life, so…
I got a kick out of this bit…
In a series of tweets and links, a jihadist named as Abu Hussain AlBritani, which SITE said was British IS fighter Junaid Hussain, claimed that ‘2 of our brothers just opened fire’ at the Prophet Muhammad exhibition in Texas.
‘They Thought They Was Safe In Texas From The Soldiers of The Islamic State,’ added the tweet.
And for the record it turned out They Was Right.
So somebody threw a “draw Muhammad” party, to which somebody else took exception. Actually, from the story, quite a few somebodies took exception, mostly because Scary Terrorists. It apparently occurred to the first bunch of somebodies that the party might possibly get more exciting than the program promised. Texas-style fireworks ensued. One good guy was wounded and two bad guys were seriously killed and will never ever do that again.
So, happy ending. Seriously, though: not counting the cops, how many guns do you think were at that party? Because I’m guessing lots.
I want to see the drawings, though.
I think these “terrists” are reading/watching too much of the mainstream “news”… and believe entirely too much of it.
Oh, and I read somewhere that there are actually fewer CC “permits” per 100K in Texas than there are in South Dakota… and a few other places. And there are more and more places where no “permit” is needed – not to mention all the folks who just don’t fuss with that crap… seems likely the jihad boys best stay on the coasts, at least.
Yeah, when I lived there Texas was kind of schizophrenic about carrying guns. Where I lived in the Panhandle, the law was whatever the county sheriff said it was. It was understood that nobody cared if you carried concealed (which was more than technically illegal) but if you carried openly in town (which was incorrectly but widely believed to be legal) you would be arrested for something. In those days I conceal carried so casually I once carried a 1911 up to a security gate at the Amarillo airport. (This was WAY pre-TSA.) On the other hand I changed planes at DFW (same trip) and had to fast-talk my way out of getting busted, just for having a pistol in a soft-side suitcase. Strange place, Texas. Arguably too big for its own good. 🙂
That’s what I’ve heard. I only visited Texas once, and wasn’t there long enough to get a good idea of things, but my late husband was born and raised near Corpus Christi, grew up a cowboy and spent much of his adult life going back and forth from there to an Aircraft Carrier somewhere near Asia…
He had some very interesting things to say about Texas, Texas “law,” and so forth. He left Texas for good around 1980, so I have little or no idea what it’s like there now. Probably not much different.
I must admit to being a little disappointed with Texas.
I visited Forth Worth in 2010 for a motorheads’ get together, and not one person offered to take me out to shoot machine guns!! NOT ONE!!
It’s not as if they didn’t know I was a shooter from Oz. Maybe the beer, and the cars, and the beer, and the BBQ, and the beer made them forget.
Am I for tiptoeing around the jihadis and sacrificing my ideals in some hope of somehow appeasing them? No!
That said, I think it’s silly and counterproductive to go out of your way to poke them in the eye, as that event did. I Imagine most folks in the middle east will miss the whole point of the exercise anyhow, because free speech isn’t part of their culture.
After all, the jihadis (and would-be jihadis) are crazy enough already without our help. This event reminds me of those “church” folks in Florida who periodically get their 30 seconds in the public eye by threatening to publically burn Korans. What is to be gained by such silliness? All it can possibly do is fan the flames of hate and add to the pile of bodies caused by religious and cultural-based strife.