If Texas was as pro-gun as the Texans thought they were, Texas would have had constitutional carry first.
From what I have seen, that is all in the minds of people in other states.
Gotta defend my state I guess.
Texas is pro-gun IMO (gun ownership is high), but not nearly as libertarian leaning as I would like. There have always been a lot of "there ought to be a law" types here that are conservative, but not necessarily libertarian. The state was run by Democrats for over 100 years until the 90's. We have made steady progress on gun rights and self defense laws ever since. With the legislature only meeting every other year, that isn't a fast process. In the last 10 or 15 years, have eliminated laws about traveling with guns (that took some effort), removed almost all restrictions on knives, clubs, hatchets, and brass knuckles.
I am really hoping we can get Constitutional Carry passed. At least it passed the House early enough in the session there should be plenty of time to push past any hang ups. The TSRA has always had a fairly strong voice here, but the last few years GOA Texas has had Rachel Malone as the Texas Director and she is pretty active. I am hopeful and need to make sure I contact my state Senator next week. Passing this would be a huge win. It will cap off all the pro-gun changes over the last 25 years.