As someone who lives in Texas, I approve and appreciate your comment about our “great dear leader” Greg Abbot.

As were off topic,,,
we in the UK have just had the coronation
our government are so worried about protest, the introduced a new law two days before, that its illegal to carry a bike lock that you might use to lock you to a building etc as a protest !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65523439

 

In an effort to put this string out of its misery (and to move on to new topics to argue about) here is a summary what has been learned so far:

1. Second, our dear friends from across the Big Pond in the UK are concerned about us modifying existing designs, but this is only because they care deeply for our safety and well being, especially in this era where the perceptions of many in the UK are probably that every man, woman and child in the US rides a horse to work or school, and carries around a holstered Colt 45 revolver.
2. Since we're on that topic, my next-door neighbor told me last week that Texas governor Greg Abbot, is about to sign legislation that makes it so that if you do not want to open-carry a weapon in Texas, you will need to obtain a permit authorizing you not to carry a weapon, with no religious exceptions. Makes sense to me. Hard to argue with that.

There is no "us" or "they". Yes I was born and raised and educated in the UK but now I live and work in the US, my wife is born and raised in the US, not that matters. My comments about risk are clearly explained within the context of the subject being discussed. Where I live in Arizona, I regularly see neighbors riding their horse around my neighborhood and with a holstered firearm, I sometimes holster my own gun (a S&W Model 27 in .357 Mag) if I go hiking too.

In fact my local bar often sees people riding in and with their guns:

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Nice people they are too.