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What University of Texas Campus Is Saying About Concealed Guns

The whole "open carry" thing about guns puzzles me.

I grew up around guns. Even if I did not participate I didn't see a problem as they were for hunting. Hill billies love their rifles and a handgun is for sport not for show.

My Dad has a few guns and tried to get me to be proficient but I just didn't have it in me. Sissies are gun averse by nature.

I do not naturally assume that a man's guns is a living metaphor for his genitals. It might help support his manhood in some cultural corners but that is another thing.

I suppose that is part of the whole desire to walk into normal places of business with a gun on your hip.

And so "cowboy".

Straight men are a puzzle to me most of the time but this is one of the most bizarre and confusing gestures.

Isn't it obvious to them that they are penis waving?

Yes, I suppose that it is part of the so-called culture of violence in America. It is also a step over the line of civility.

I have never seen an openly carried gun in my life. Nor have I seen one concealed as far as I know of.

I remember that when my Dad died his guns went to my cousin Jim but I decided that I would keep his revolver for some reason. I couldn't handle it. That gun burned in my thoughts the whole time that I had it.

Still a puzzle.

Maybe it is too many Matt Dillon movies. Perhaps it is fear. Could it be loathing? I like the penis waving example best. Of course.

Labels: gun control