Gun Show
Barbara Audet
Though I have taken NRA training years ago, I have never been to a Gun Show. My late husband went to these all the time and so, I never felt the need. But this weekend in San Marcos, there is a Gun Show at the Embassy Suites San Marcos Conference Center, 1001 E. McCarty Lane, and I am going. The show opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. There is a cost of $20. I will be looking to put names to real items and hopefully to see some of the antique firearms my Ed used to be on the lookout for–one day he came home with an old Mauser rifle and I learned a great deal. Another day, it was a Lady Smith and Wesson 38. I am not sure if he thought I could be the next Annie Oakley or what? I do suppose if I saw a budget-busting set of dueling pistols out of old England or even France, I might be tempted to bring something home in his honor. For me, though, this weekend, it will be interesting to see what is for sale and to get to understand the Texas gun enthusiast mentality as opposed to good old West Virginia and all things black powder.
