You happened to live in 2 of a handful of states with better gun laws than Texas.AlaskanInTexas wrote:Maybe my frame of reference is skewed being from Alaska (receiving the coveted "0" point score from Brady) and spending a few years in Utah.Charles L. Cotton wrote:I don't know if any State that, overall, has more liberal gun laws. Yes, there are some that are more liberal on a given issue, but overall not many.
However, I think the general view you mention is due to Movies as well as the way self defense is enforced in this state. There are a number of cases each year that are no-billed by grand juries in Texas that would easily see people dragged through the court system in many states.
I think our willingness to use the death penalty and things like that add to the sterotype.