I remember visiting a Woolworths in Houston with the Chief Officer who wanted to buy some golf tees. We were directed to the Sports dept in the basement where they had a barrel full of said items and you could have all you could lift in one hand for a dollar. While the CO prepared himself for a heavy lift, I wandered off in this vast store area and turning a corner was presented with a whole wall with enough guns on it to equip an army !!!
Glass topped counters displayed handguns by the dozen while the wall was reserved for shotguns, semi-automatic and bolt action hunting rifles. I thought then, and now, that if you can buy stuff like that in Woollys, it's no wonder you have a gun happy society and the problems that go with it.
Of course it was Texas.