The Texas i know has guns, you can buy shells at the 7/11 , most people have more than one.....and people respect one another because they could get shot.
I look at Texas as a good example of what everyone having a gun does....it makes for a lot of careful robbers and respect for property.
or they shoot you.
not really a bad concept in my opinion.

or, you could just give up guns and go with this crimestopper

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_chili_grenades

Indian military to weaponize world's hottest chili
By WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press Writer Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press Writer – Tue Mar 23, 7:19 am ET
GAUHATI, India – The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world's hottest chili.

After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhut jolokia," or "ghost chili," to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.

The bhut jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's spiciest chili. It is grown and eaten in India's northeast for its taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling summer heat.

It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili's spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000.

"The chili grenade has been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense laboratories, a fact confirmed by scientists at the Defense Research and Development Organization," Col. R. Kalia, a defense spokesman in the northeastern state of Assam, told The Associated Press.

"This is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs," R. B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences Department at the New Delhi headquarters of the DRDO said.

Srivastava, who led a defense research laboratory in Assam, said trials are also on to produce bhut jolokia-based aerosol sprays to be used by women against attackers and for the police to control and disperse mobs.


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A potential new product for Marie Sharp!

Elbert - when did you get your gun permit and what were you doing for a living then? I hear quite conflicting stories about the standard of "need" for a gun.

Of course Im not Elbert but in Texas you dont have to present a 'reason' to carry a concealed weapon. If you have no felony convictions, lock and load.

Real nice Peter. Most people that have a gun permit, even if Elbert actually has one, don't want it advertised to the whole world.

I am with you on that one Elbert. Same thing in Florida, Alaska and many other states - most folk have a gun in the house, in the car and on their person. Certainly makes the bad guys think twice.

Not sure that you have to present a "reason" - but there are different classes of license here. Personal protection is the one I am most familiar with.

Texas, "ya want a permit,? Sign here "

PS, it really isnt quite that simple, you must complete a course in gun safety.

Unless I'm much mistaken Simon, Elbert had already said (or implied) that he had a gun.