Thank you for writing this! I grew up in TX and had a similar experience of gun normalization. As a waitress, it was common to serve people their lunchtime chicken friend steak and sweet tea while their gun was either in a holster or resting on the table. Now, as a New Yorker in 2023 living in a time of constant gun violence, it shocks me to return to Waco and still see guns seemingly everywhere. ❤️🩹
Thank you for writing this! I grew up in TX and had a similar experience of gun normalization. As a waitress, it was common to serve people their lunchtime chicken friend steak and sweet tea while their gun was either in a holster or resting on the table. Now, as a New Yorker in 2023 living in a time of constant gun violence, it shocks me to return to Waco and still see guns seemingly everywhere. ❤️🩹