I live about 100 miles from Midland/Odessa.
Today I was finally covering the window of my office (so a gunman couldn't look in and see me in there if I had the door closed and locked).
The lady across the hall from me, normally a sweet, demure thing turned into a demon. She said that "if they take our guns, only the bad people will have them." And... "A good guy with a gun is the only thing that will help."
I said something like, "No one wants to take all guns. AR-15s maybe. Even military guys say no one needs an AR-15."
She looked at me like I was a nut.
Later I remembered that her middle schooler, a nice, goofy kid, who's "different" and sensitive, and friendless, and very much picked on, had taken a knife to school in 6th grade to defend himself from his tormentors.
I hope those AR-15s are locked uptight.