CA and AZ have lots of gun owners,...but L.A. and Pheonix are NOT gun-friendly areas, nor is the local politcal scene friendly, or even tolerant, of defense of property with deadly force. In Texas, you can shoot a 14 year-old kid stealing your rims and tires at night - and NOBODY can do anything about it. Remeber the "Rodney King" riots? Couldn't happen in Texas. If La Raza/Aztlan style riots break out in Texas, there will be more than enough gunfire to discourage the hijinks. In Cali and Az, the politicians will be out rioting with them.
The LA riots only lasted three days. Of the fifty or so people killed, I'd like to know how many were rioters. It may very well have been privately owned guns that put an end to the LA riots.