This is how it is done in Texas

[geojap]

I do find it strange that open carry isn't legal here though, when did they do that?

When the carpet baggers arrived with their laws after the civil war.

 

[Nortonics]

"Texas?! Only two things come from Texas..."​

 

[sm]

Ya'll play nice or I'll get LawDog to toss a scorpion down your shirt.

*smile*

30.06 now even though this here statute is restrictive, what other state has a mighty fine rifle caliber to denote such a restriction?

30.06 is also a fine caliber for wabbits, some of the deer might not get big, but wabbits get big!
Why we had to pull off the main road and shoot 'em they get to be so many.

BBQ Guns now what state gave folks BBQ Guns?
It was not New Yawk City ,them folks can't carry guns, 'sides, a Quiche Gun just ain't right.

Where else you gonna see a a hunting companion like this?
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=2857078&postcount=6

*raises the pot*

 

[Mt Shooter]

get a rope

 

[equitytrader]

I'll come right off with it, I'm from Minnesota and I have lived here my entire life - I'm very tired of it. The winter is too long, it snowed last night, it's nearly May and it snowed. Our taxes are high as it is a blue state. Our gun laws aren't really all that bad, we can open or conceal and we have no restrictions except for full-auto pretty much, although the proposed castle doctine was shot down I guess.

I've been wanting to move for a long time now and I've been thinking about South Dakota, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Texas.

I'm trying to figure out which one has the best balance of low taxes, good soil because I really like gardening, cheap housing, good (as in virutally no) gun laws, and land and a decent economy.

From what I understand of Texas you can't open carry, which to me isn't a big deal. I can open carry here and I have never done it and I'm not interested in it.

I also hear you have tarantulas, scorpions, Africanized bees, rattler snakes and some other I'm sure I don't know about yet. Being from Minnesota, these things intimidate me pretty bad. How do you deal with such critters?

I know Texas doesn't have an income tax or tax on interest or dividend income, but how are your property, auto and sales taxes?

Is the soil down there all sand or clay? Does it rain often?

Texas and Missouri are the ones really catching my eye lately - I love BBQ.

Thank you

 

[macadore]

Most of the vociferous Texans came here from someone else and attempt to affect the Texas stereotype to validate their virility.

I like South Texas better than any place I have lived. Where else could you have a “Texas Jewboy” like Kinky Freidman run for Governor? He is currently selling t-shirts that say, “My man is Kinky”.

 

[texas bulldog]

Ain't much in Texas outside of jackrabbits, tarantulas and ugly women!

you obviously haven't spent much time around texas women, 'cause you're dead wrong on that one!

 

[M2 Carbine]

I've read posts where the homeowner is complaining about the neighbor's dog pooping in the yard.

In Texas when your neighbor's pets poop in your yard you really have to watch your step.

Neighbor's "pets".



One day the same neighbor asked me, "Have you been sick?"

"No. Why?"

"Well I haven't heard you shooting in a couple weeks and I was wondering if there was something wrong".
"I like to hear you shooting, shows we have guns around here and use them."

 

[M2 Carbine]

I also hear you have tarantulas, scorpions, Africanized bees, rattler snakes and some other I'm sure I don't know about yet. Being from Minnesota, these things intimidate me pretty bad. How do you deal with such critters?

The Tarantulas don't bother anything, I leave them alone.

I've only been stung by a Scorpion once. It was like a Wasp sting.
You learn to not put your hand anyplace that you haven't look first. In the summer, any day I can find 4-5 Black Widow spiders in my barn.

I haven't seen any Killer Bees. Actually there is something killing the Honey Bees and if not stopped is going to be a big problem.

Rattlesnakes and Copperheads I shoot on sight. They mostly won't kill you but a good bite will make you wish you were dead.
All the other snakes I leave be.
I have a bunch of cats now and haven't seen a live snake around the house in years.

You forgot the Fire ants. Now they are bad.

 

[MCgunner]

Texas is all that matters.

 

[buck00]

I heard in Texas... you can order .45 JHP ammo and Remoil at the Burger King drive-throughs.

 

[neviander]

I moved here from Michigan. The whole time I lived up there I always thought Texas was nothing but tumbleweeds and rock formations and everybody listened to country music. I moved to East Texas and boy was I wrong; it's a lot like Michigan here...minus feet of snow in the winter and different trees and wildlife, I practically live in a forest.

The only huge difference between the landscape here and in Michigan is lakes, yeah Texas has 'em, but they're all man made. Down here it's an event to go to a lake, up north it's just a monotone "look another lake"

And the culture of people is as diverse as the entire country here in Texas.

You forgot the Fire ants. Now they are bad.

Amen to that, I swear, there is not a square foot of ground in this state where there ISN'T a fire ant, they're ridiculous.

 

[Texan]

What I like about Texas..!!!

Amen to that, I swear, there is not a square foot of ground in this state where there ISN'T a fire ant, they're ridiculous.

Nah, not in the Panhandle...never seen 'em up here..bout 1/3 of the State doesn't have 'em.


o~\o

 

[patentmike]

I heard in Texas... you can order .45 JHP ammo and Remoil at the Burger King drive-throughs.

No, but in some small town stores, next to the cigarettes at the checkout, don't forget to pick up some more ammo.

 

[csmkersh]

We do believe that Alcohol, Tobacco & Fireams should be part of 7-11s sign, not a goverment agency.


The only thing a Texican really fears is a yankee with a U-Haul.
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[geojap]

I moved here from Michigan. The whole time I lived up there I always thought Texas was nothing but tumbleweeds and rock formations and everybody listened to country music. I moved to East Texas and boy was I wrong; it's a lot like Michigan here...minus feet of snow in the winter and different trees and wildlife, I practically live in a forest.

OMG, don't say that! It's awful here. It's all rocks and snakes and marauding bandits. We don't want the whole rest of the country moving here.

 

[geojap]

I also hear you have tarantulas, scorpions, Africanized bees, rattler snakes and some other I'm sure I don't know about yet. Being from Minnesota, these things intimidate me pretty bad. How do you deal with such critters?

We eat them.

 

[ambidextrous1]

Yeah, we talk about Texas - a lot...

We hope it will give the rest of you ideas on how to improve your State.

Get used to it...

www.texasguntalk.com

 

[qajaq59]

If you don't want snow you'll have to come to southern Florida. We never get that crap.

Nahhh, never mind. We have enough people now. Go to Texas instead. They're bigger.

And besides we've got fire ants too. Lots of them.

 

[neviander]

We don't want the whole rest of the country moving here.

If it's of any consolation my now 7 month old boy was born in Henderson, TX, by the way, how many generations does it take to filter out all the yankee in one's blood

 

[Geronimo45]

Only real critter issues I've had have been:
1. Ants. We sometimes poison around the entire perimeter of the house to make sure they don't come in. Always make sure to poison around the AC unit.
2. Wasps. Like to move into the garage and attic, and make visits there painful. The Raid bug bombs (foggers?) take care of that problem.
3. Armadilloes. Tear up your yard. Dealt with using any gun - .22 short included. They're an annoyance only.
That's with rural areas, not DFW. In my shorrt time here (in DFW), I haven't had any problems... aside from a sudden plague of flies last weekend.
Oh, and M2's right on overlarge neighbor's pets. Once had a dozen head of cattle walk into the yard.
No trouble with snakes, thanks to a steady supply of 1-2 cats for twenty-odd years.

 

[oneshooter]

There are some that say that Texas is a lot like insanity, It's all a state of mind!

Oneshooter
Livin in Texas

We don't care how you do it up north, this is TEXAS!

 

[jkingrph]

Does that include invading private property and kidnapping 416 kids without cause or is that just my Constitutional hernia acting up again?
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Probably to keep federals out an prevent another bonfire, aka Waco, Branch Davidians. There are comments about polygamy going on there which is definetly illegal, then the age issue of young ladies being married.

 

[jkingrph]

While in Germany, I found the Germans had a real love of Texas and a real hate for the English.

I can relate to that, back in early '70s I spent an evening in the Officers club br in Izmir, Turkey with a couple of young German officers, one of whom was from the"free state of Bavaria" He talked and acted just like a Texan, but with a German accent.
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[jkingrph]

When I retire, I'm likely moving south. I know I will have one strike against me from the git-go. I'll be a Yankee.

Nope, that will make you a Damn yankee, ie one who did not go back.

That said, we welcome those to the south that share our conservative values and views on rights.