Hola, viejo! We are from the government, and we want your guns.

Nacogdoches, Texas, Zip Code 75962. The oldest town in Texas. Also site of an 1832 battle between local militia and Mexican army force of cavalry and infantry. Mexico was in turmoil for much of the 1820s and 1830s, with central government adherents and federalist supporters at odds and often in battle against each other.

Here is an overview of the battle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nacogdoches

“The Mexican army commander in Nacogdoches, José de las Piedras, after reviewing all that occurred during the Anahuac Disturbances, had issued an order that all residents in his area surrender their arms. … The city officials of Nacogdoches resisted the order and soon organized a militia.”

So, whenever some guncontrol leftwingnut says he’s OK with you owning a shotgun or a rifle for hunting, remember he’s most likely full of wet gunpowder and he will be most happy when only cops and soldiers have guns, and he’s not sure about cops and probably we’d be better off without soldiers because everybody knows the Pentagon gets more than 50 percent of the federal budget and if we’d just sit down with people who don’t like us and admit we caused the problem to start with … Well, the world could live as one.

(That “more than 50 percent" business? A high school ex friend posted that on Facebook, and after checking, I posted a riposte, giving chapter and verse that his claim was not factual. He made no reply, nor did he remove the inaccuracy. In another post he did say he remembered in high school that I had a sense of humor. I replied that I remembered in high school he had some intelligence.)

Nacogdoches is where David Crockett joined the Texas army, after entering Texas at Jonesborough (or Jonesboro) on the Red River, a long ride northwest.