# Texas Senate: Guns okay. Feminine hygiene not okay. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405 "2013-07-13T16:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/1 "2013-07-13T16:25:14Z")
My brains have just exploded all over my home office… > **[Tampons Confiscated, Guns Still Allowed At Texas Capitol Ahead Of Abortion Vote](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tampons-confiscated-texas_n_3588177?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003)** > > Tampons Confiscated, Guns Still Allowed At Texas Capitol Ahead Of Abortion Vote ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/2 "2013-07-13T16:32:29Z")
Apparently [diabetes medications](http://americablog.com/2013/07/woman-in-tears-texas-trooper-confiscates-tampons-before-entering-senate-gallery-for-abortion-vote-video.html) are bad too. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/3 "2013-07-13T16:46:07Z")
To be fair, none of those people were licensed to carry tampons. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/4 "2013-07-13T17:03:22Z")
And everyone knows that you want to be concealed-carrying when it comes to tampons. Did you have to declare if you were carrying tampons? What if you already had one “in the chamber” so to speak? :eek: They’ll take my DivaCup when they pry it from my… uhoh. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/5 "2013-07-13T17:03:27Z")
They have a lot in common with this this asshole: [https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/355917126311231489](https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/355917126311231489) That’s the mentality of anti-abortionists: dead women makes them laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/6 "2013-07-13T17:14:20Z")
“Guns okay. Feminine hygiene not okay.” This is one of the rules at my local gun range. Well, actually they only ban pregnant women. And smoking. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/7 "2013-07-13T17:23:50Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > And everyone knows that you want to be concealed-carrying when it comes to tampons. > > Did you have to declare if you were carrying tampons? What if you already had one “in the chamber” so to speak? :eek: > > They’ll take my DivaCup when they pry it from my… uhoh. “I was cleaning it and it went off.” _flees_ ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/8 "2013-07-13T17:25:09Z")
Since the ban was concern that the feminine hygiene articles could be used as projectiles, and since guns are legal in the capital, the solution is to devise a gun which fires tampons. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/9 "2013-07-13T19:52:12Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Since the ban was concern that the feminine hygiene articles could be used as projectiles, and since guns are legal in the capital, the solution is to devise a gun which fires tampons. A modified T-shirt cannon with an extended magazine? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/10 "2013-07-13T20:38:13Z")
Here’s something from my “crafts” folder: [http://www.tamponcrafts.com/gun.html](http://www.tamponcrafts.com/gun.html) . It includes instructions for a bandolier and has helpful safety tips such as > [@](#): > > [ul] > [li]Do not use tampons that have been worn. This is unhygienic and the expanded tampons will clog the gun barrel.[/li][li]Wear appropriate eye protection and never aim at someone’s face.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/11 "2013-07-13T21:48:32Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > They have a lot in common with this this asshole: > > [https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/355917126311231489](https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/355917126311231489) > > That’s the mentality of anti-abortionists: dead women makes them laugh. That tweet has apparently been deleted. Was it this? Fox’s Erickson Directs Liberals To Coat Hanger Sales Site After Texas Abortion Bill Passes > **[Fox's Erickson Directs Liberals To Coat Hanger Sales Site After Texas...](https://www.mediamatters.org/erick-erickson/foxs-erickson-directs-liberals-coat-hanger-sales-site-after-texas-abortion-bill)** Erickson has produced a long list of sexist comments, recently claiming that female breadwinners conflict with “biology” and “the natural world” and are “tearing [society] apart.” Last September, Erickson referred to the first night of the Democratic National Convention as “the Vagina Monologues” and later apologized. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/12 "2013-07-14T03:54:49Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Since the ban was concern that the feminine hygiene articles could be used as projectiles, and since guns are legal in the capital, the solution is to devise a gun which fires tampons. Can we call it Tamponerf, or is that too close to real Nerf? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/13 "2013-07-14T03:56:13Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > And everyone knows that you want to be concealed-carrying when it comes to tampons. > > Did you have to declare if you were carrying tampons? What if you already had one “in the chamber” so to speak? :eek: > > They’ll take my DivaCup when they pry it from my… uhoh. I was about to say that about my Instead Softcup. Hey, we could have a menstrual-cup-throwing contest and see who wins! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/14 "2013-07-14T05:54:01Z")
"If tampons are outlawed, only Outlaws will have Tampons.’ ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/15 "2013-07-14T14:21:57Z")
" In Mother Russia, vagina is inserted into tampon ! " ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/16 "2013-07-14T14:49:18Z")
Joking aside, a cynical part of me wonders if this is an (incredibly stupid) anti-filibuster measure. Like, the thinking is that female senators won’t be able to stonewall an abortion bill if they’re forced to leave the floor in order to take care of their lady-bits. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/17 "2013-07-14T16:39:59Z")
Just out of curiosity: whose guns are being allowed into the capitol? Are we talking about John Q. Public spectators with CCW permits? Or even just plain open-carry? Are we talking about state officials (but not law enforcement)? Are we talking about plain-clothes law enforcement? ETA to say that the linked article in the OP wasn’t clear on whose guns are being allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/18 "2013-07-14T17:27:54Z")
Per the link in the article’s first paragraph on the words “typically permitted,” it looks like [anyone who shows their permit](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/us/guns-get-a-pass-at-texas-capitol.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&). ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/19 "2013-07-14T17:38:46Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Per the link in the article’s first paragraph on the words “typically permitted,” it looks like [anyone who shows their permit](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/us/guns-get-a-pass-at-texas-capitol.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&). Ah. Missed that. I which case: wtf? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senate-guns-okay-feminine-hygiene-not-okay/663405/20 "2013-07-14T17:43:04Z")
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