State Senator Larry Taylor represents the people of Santa Fe, Texas.  He’s a Republican.

Taylor did an interview on Houston Public Radio about the Governor’s “round table” discussion group concerning gun safety. Something very telling and horribly unfortunate about Texas happened during the interview.

In the first 30 second of the interview, Taylor says, “there’s some things the Governor is working on … that he might be able to pull the trigger on before we go into session.”

Pull the trigger on?

Gun culture in Texas runneth deep and long.  There are some folks who would say, “aww, he didn’t mean nothin’ by that,” and others who say, ‘you’re just lookin’ to blame poor ole dumb Larry because he’s a Republican.”

Actually, neither. Larry isn’t even particularly dumb for a Republican. He, like so many other Texans, say “pull the trigger” instead of “git ‘er done.” And it’s always used meaning something positive, like it’s a dandy good thing to pull the trigger.

Please feel free to go listen to the first 30 seconds of the interview so you can hear it for yourself.  If you listen to more than that, I am not responsible for your subsequent mental health.

Thanks to Mark for the heads up.