Was in McBride's in Austin today picking up some night sites, when someone tapped me on the shoulder real friendly like and I turned around and it was Governor Perry. He shook my hand and said "Hi friend" and then moved on. He was back-slapping and glad-handing everyone as he made his way to the back room apparently to pick up something (didn't see what). He was in very casual clothes (shorts and an "sportsman-type" button-front shirt) He stayed for about half an hour chatting with many of the sales guys and some customers, looking at different guns, some hunting photos someone had etc. I didn't get a chance to speak to him (plenty of others did), but it was kinda cool to see a sitting governor just walk into a gun store and sort of hang out like one of the guys. Didn't seem "staged" or "political" at all (no cameras, no media), just a real guy making a visit to the gun store like everyone else (of course, not everyone had two armed guards with visible ear buds & wires).
