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Many people who don't own firearms think you need a license to own one in Texas.

Like much other ignorance, this comes from television. On the cop shows they are always talking about a weapon being registered or licensed to someone. That is the case in places like California and New York.

I don't give much credibility to comments on newspaper web sites and blogs, but this one sounds like it may actually contain some facts.

- Jim

All the ways that kids used to learn firearms safety, such as the Boy Scouts, 4H, or just plinking in the back yard with a responsible adult have been eliminated because of urbanization and irrational fears.

I heard of a case where a school would not allow Eddie Eagle. The comments of some of the parents who objected to the program were ludicrous.

- Jim

In Corpus Christi, Seiptember 10, a man allegedly fatally shot a woman whose home he was visiting. The alleged shooter said that he thought the pistol that he discharged was a cigarette lighter.

The alleged shooter is a relative of the deceased woman's husband.

The alleged shooter was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and is being held in jail on $100,000 bond.

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I want to know where he got the weapon and who owned it.

- Jim