So Texas politicians don't want to mess with those no gun signs so they pass a law just for them!!

The Senate voted Monday to let legislators, statewide elected officials and U.S. attorneys carry concealed handguns to locations that are off limits to most concealed handgun licensees. A bill approved by the Senate on a 25-6 vote would let those government officials pack concealed weapons at sporting events, and in churches, hospitals and bars - even in businesses that have a policy prohibiting persons from carrying handguns onto their premises. The measure now goes to the House.

Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, author of the bill, said he was trying to simplify things for government officials who have a concealed handgun license and want to carry a weapon when they are traveling around, sometimes to multiple locations for speeches or other events. Right now, Patrick said, those officials have to leave their handguns in the car or risk violating the law if they carry a weapon into a place that does not allow them.

The legislation would also cover former legislators and selected officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety who have a CHL but are not peace officers. If the bill passes this session, lawmakers and statewide officeholders would join federal judges, state judges, district attorneys, assistant district attorneys and county attorneys who are already exempt from most restrictions on where concealed handguns may be carried. More than 460,000 Texans have concealed handgun licenses.

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http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/05/the-senate-voted-monday-to.html

Prior to the Civil War, Sen. Ben Wade (R-Ohio) said something on the floor which was deemed insulting to Sen. Robert Toombs (D-Ga), and a friend told Toombs, "you must challenge the old wretch!" Toombs replied, "No, I mustn't, for that old wretch is the deadliest shot in the District. Wade and I have been out practicing many times together, and he can hit a ten-cent piece at thirty paces every time, and to tell you the truth, sir, I cannot!"

“On the 18 of August, 1863, I arrived at the White House with rifle in hand, and was immediately ushered into the executive room. I found the president alone. With brief introduction I took the rifle from its case and presented it to him. Looking it over carefully and handling it as one familiar with firearms, he requested me to take it apart to show the “inwardness of the thing.” It was soon dissected, laid on the table before him. After a careful examination and his emphatic approval, I was asked if I had any engagement for the following day. When I replied that I was at his command, he requested that I “Come over tomorrow at 2 o’clock, and we will go out and see the thing shoot.”

The target was a board about six inches wide, and three feet long, with a black spot near each end. The rifle contained seven cartridges. Mr. Lincoln’s first shot was low, but the next his the bull’s eye, and the other five were close around it. “Now,” says he, “we will let the inventor try it.” Being in almost daily practice, I naturally beat the President a little. “Well,” he said, “you are younger than I am, have a better eye, and a steadier nerve.”