It's official, I live with a bunch of gun loving rednecks

Ok, so I went to Texas this weekend for a family reunion of sorts and found myself laughing at this no gun sign at the country club where the party was held. 

 

The real joke was on me when I returned home to the front page story that the number of people in my county seeking permits to carry a concealed handgun increased by 283 percent from 2007 to 2008.

“We believe it started with the presidential election,” the sheriff said of the rapid acceleration in the number of people seeking the permits."

Whoa, you should have seen the letters to the editors and the online anonymous fighting about Obama taking guns away.  Genious.

At least now I know what I want for my birthday!

 And please don't forget to email your address so I can send you our family's holiday card in December.