Texas Senator John Cornyn used to be a relatively quiet and unresponsive piece of senatorial furniture.  But since Ted Cruz got elected, Ole John found his voice.  Ole John has started fretting about getting primaried.

For those of you who don’t know John, he’s a drugstore cowboy who wore embroidered on his shirt and never pulled a trigger in his life.  I once claimed that he singlehandedly put fringe on the endangered species list.  (For you other rhinestone cowboys, if it’s cold enough to wear a leather jacket in Texas, you ought not to be wearing a straw hat.  Any damn fool knows that.)

John’s latest attempt to piss off yankees is his concealed-carry-reciprocity bill.  That means if someone in a gun-nut state has a concealed carry permit, they can conceal carry in a state that doesn’t.

A top priority for the National Rifle Association, the measure would force states like New York with relatively strict gun laws to allow individuals who have concealed-carry privileges in their home state to pack heat.

In other words, they believe that one state’s laws should be carried to all states, you know, like federal law.  But just for guns.  Not for marriage equality or women’s health.  

Honey, that reasoning is the other kind of fringe.

Thanks to Larry for the heads up.