Glamour, guns and acts of God
The race to succeed Governor Rick Perry will be exciting
THE cover of Texas Monthly shows Greg Abbott sitting in a wheelchair, holding a shotgun. A Republican running for governor of Texas, his passion for firearms is hardly unusual. When he vows to defend the Second Amendment, that is about as brave as saying he won’t ban motherhood.
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