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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3242277" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>There were no signs, but state law against concealed carry was still in effect that she couldn't carry a gun concealed. Just like Oklahoma in that era. </p><p></p><p>Hupp and her parents were having lunch at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_Cafeteria" target="_blank">Luby's Cafeteria</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killeen,_Texas" target="_blank">Killeen</a> in 1991 when a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting" target="_blank">mass shooting</a> took place. The gunman, George Hennard, shot 44 people in all, killing 24 of them, including himself. The fatally wounded included both of Hupp's parents. Hupp later expressed regret about deciding to remove her gun from her purse and lock it in her car, lest she risk possibly running afoul of the state's concealed weapons laws; during the shootings, she reached for her weapon but then remembered that it was "a hundred feet [30 m] away in my car."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-wmsa.net-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Her father, Al Gratia, feeling he "needed to do something", tried to rush the gunman and was fatally shot in the chest instead. Hupp, eventually seeing an escape through a broken window (broken by the shoulder of another fleeing victim), grabbed her mother by the shirt telling her "Come on, we have to go now!" As Hupp moved toward the only escape, she believed her mother to be following her, only to find out later that Ursula had also been killed.</p><p></p><p>Hupp was 32 years old at the time of the shooting.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-books.google.com-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> As a survivor of the incident, Hupp testified across the country in support of concealed-handgun laws, citing that if there had been a second chance to prevent the slaughter, she would have violated the Texas law and carried the handgun inside her purse into the restaurant that day and it being highly likely she would also still have her parents with her today. She also stated in her testimony that she would have taken the felony on her head over having lost her parents through the tragedy, adding that those shouldn't be the choices, however, and that people should be able to defend themselves in a true emergency without having to choose one over another.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a>She testified across the country in support of concealed handgun laws, and was elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_House_of_Representatives" target="_blank">Texas House of Representatives</a> in 1996.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> The concealed-weapons bill was signed by then-Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" target="_blank">George W. Bush</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3242277, member: 5412"] There were no signs, but state law against concealed carry was still in effect that she couldn't carry a gun concealed. Just like Oklahoma in that era. Hupp and her parents were having lunch at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_Cafeteria']Luby's Cafeteria[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killeen,_Texas']Killeen[/URL] in 1991 when a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting']mass shooting[/URL] took place. The gunman, George Hennard, shot 44 people in all, killing 24 of them, including himself. The fatally wounded included both of Hupp's parents. Hupp later expressed regret about deciding to remove her gun from her purse and lock it in her car, lest she risk possibly running afoul of the state's concealed weapons laws; during the shootings, she reached for her weapon but then remembered that it was "a hundred feet [30 m] away in my car."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-wmsa.net-6'][6][/URL] Her father, Al Gratia, feeling he "needed to do something", tried to rush the gunman and was fatally shot in the chest instead. Hupp, eventually seeing an escape through a broken window (broken by the shoulder of another fleeing victim), grabbed her mother by the shirt telling her "Come on, we have to go now!" As Hupp moved toward the only escape, she believed her mother to be following her, only to find out later that Ursula had also been killed. Hupp was 32 years old at the time of the shooting.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-books.google.com-5'][5][/URL] As a survivor of the incident, Hupp testified across the country in support of concealed-handgun laws, citing that if there had been a second chance to prevent the slaughter, she would have violated the Texas law and carried the handgun inside her purse into the restaurant that day and it being highly likely she would also still have her parents with her today. She also stated in her testimony that she would have taken the felony on her head over having lost her parents through the tragedy, adding that those shouldn't be the choices, however, and that people should be able to defend themselves in a true emergency without having to choose one over another.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-7'][7][/URL]She testified across the country in support of concealed handgun laws, and was elected to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_House_of_Representatives']Texas House of Representatives[/URL] in 1996.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] The concealed-weapons bill was signed by then-Governor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush']George W. Bush[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp#cite_note-9'][9][/URL] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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