A state representative from Laredo pulled out a pistol during a Texas House hearing recently, a moment he later described as an expression of frustration with certain district attorneys across the state rather than an attempt to make a spectacle.
Rep. Richard Raymond, a Democrat from Laredo, was speaking during a Sept. 30 hearing of the House Select Committee on Governmental Oversight when he reached down and pulled out a small .380-caliber pistol.
The moment came as Raymond was discussing a serious threat he received at his office in the Capitol about four years ago. He said a person threatened to cut off parts of his body and stick them down his throat…