It Figures that Texas Would Go Further than the NRA Could Tolerate

What could possibly go wrong with serving alcohol at gun shows?

The National Rifle Association sent out an alert to its members late Monday warning that an initiative in Texas to allow alcohol at gun shows could backfire and have a "devastating impact" on NRA events.

The warning came after the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission proposed a new set of rules last week that would allow alcohol to be served at gun shows across the state. The catch was that organizers of the events had to disable all firearms on display, ban live ammunition, and prohibit buyers from taking possession of their weapons on site.

The changes would override the current protocol, in which alcohol-serving venues are made to suspend the sale of alcohol throughout the preparation and duration of a gun show.

But what might appear to be a relaxation of regulations on the gun show industry has not been well-received by the NRA. In an alert posted Monday by the organization's lobbying arm, the NRA asked its members to take action because the changes “could actually end these events as we know them”.

If there was a place that was too deep in the crazy for the NRA, it would be Texas.