I never comment on political or other seriously stupid stuff but just can't help myself here.
I have a son and his family living in Houston Texas USA and this is the latest from him.....
WEAPONS
There is a new gun law in Texas allowing most people to carry handguns in public without a permit or training. https://www.ubeaut.biz/2gunsfiring.gif
This came about from the belief that the best way to prevent crime and stop an armed bad guy is to make sure an armed good guy is nearby.
Prior to that:
Back in (I think) Sept 2020 they passed open carry of bladed weapons into law:
You Can Now Legally Open Carry a Sword in Texas Attachment 500580
The open carry of swords, daggers, dirks, stilettos, Bowie knives, spears and poniards is now legal in the Lone Star State as of Sept. 1
It's all a joke, right..... NO IT'S REAL! :o
This when COVID is ravaging Texas with well over 800,000 case so far this month.
Below are the numbers for Sept 1st in Harris County where my son lives and Houston there's a lot more counties with big numbers:
- Harris County (256,189 cases, 2,238 deaths, 229,739 recoveries)
- Houston (245,609 cases, 3,089 deaths, 212,354 recoveries)
To top all that off:
School went back a week or so ago, after 12 mths of online classes.
On day one, my 12 year old granddaughter was carpooled to school with a family who had a COVID positive child in the car with them.
Texas schools have amassed more than 50,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in students in just a couple of weeks.
More than a dozen school districts have closed temporarily as a result of the disease:
Texas is a leader in child deaths from COVID-19 with 59 as of Sept. 3.
I My daughter in law said yesterday the numbers are around 200,000+ rather than the above but can't find any info on line.
As we often say here in Oz
Only in America!
Well all I can say right now is:
ONLY IN TEXAS!!!..... But give it time.
Thank goodness we here in Oz are at least trying to get on top of it all, no matter how hard it is and what it costs..
We really do live in the lucky country.
Apologies for the rant and nothing else.
:U
PS My granddaughter is fine. She had been vaccinated and was wearing a mask. :2tsup: