I saw that which you see above this morning in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Apparently the Texas legislature passed a new law which allows a Texan to carry a handgun without needing to get a license to do so.
What a relief. I have been without a gun for so long I probably don't remember how to pull a trigger.
I did not want to try to buy a gun and get a license in Texas, because, before this new law, I was afraid my extensive criminal history would prevent me from getting a license to legally pack heat.
But, as soon as this new law goes into effect I will once again be able to be legally armed and dangerous, without needing a license.
And then, after learning I could soon be an armed threat in Texas, I learned the following via being the top story on CNN online this morning.
Way back in the 1800s Texas exiled most of its Native American tribes north to Oklahoma. Leaving only a couple tribal reservations in Texas. Texas prohibits commercial casinos.
Due to federal law allowing Native Americans to operate casinos, one of those remaining Texas tribes, the Kickapoo, operates the Lucky Eagle casino, offering only electronic gaming machines.
With electronic gaming machines meaning, I assume, those new fangled slot machine type things which cause me sensory overload and confusion. But no blackjack or poker or any other card games. Along with, I assume, no keno or bingo.
Due to Texas foolishly banning casinos of the sort one sees in all the states surrounding Texas, when leaving Texas, via whatever direction, one soon comes to a casino resort.
Head north on I-35 and soon after you cross into Oklahoma you arrive at the world's biggest casino, or so it claims, the Winstar World Casino & Resort.
At my location in Wichita Falls I am close to two casino resorts a short distance after one crosses the Red River into Oklahoma.
Head east to Louisiana and soon you will be in Shreveport and Bossier City where you will find riverboat casinos floating on the Red River.
Head west out of Texas to New Mexico and you will soon see casino resorts.
One can assume the majority of customers in casinos close to the Texas border are Texans. Thus a lot of money flows from the pockets of gambling Texans into the pockets of the Native American tribes which own the casinos.
Which, if you look at it that way, one can say the Texans are doing a good thing, helping the tribes make money.
My old home zone of the Skagit Valley has a large Native American population, consisting of several tribes with their own reservation land. A couple of the Skagit tribes have built casino resorts, those being the Swinomish Casino & Lodge and the Skagit Valley Casino Resort.
The Skagit Valley Casino had my favorite buffet to go to when I lived in the neighborhood.
So, why, one can not help but wonder, is Texas not okay with casinos operating in the state?
As for this new Texas banning of most abortions. Are abortions legal in Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico? If so, will clinics be opening near the Texas border providing abortions to desperate Texans?
4 comments:
I wondered why you left WA! Now I see it was probably due to your extensive criminal history. Are you still on the run? Is that why you go by the alias Durango Jones? 😁
Yes to both questions. Please do not tell anyone...
Miss Marple hasn’t got anything on Madame McNutty!
Madame McNutty, I see you more as a Jessica Fletcher than a Jane Marple...
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