I had 2 people ask me about an article headline. Headlines were "unlicensed" carrying of handguns. Which both people thought it meant anyone can buy a gun and not need a background check.
I told them "permitless" is the actual word and explained what TX is about. They thought TX was crazy and will never travel there, but then I brought up how NV is "unlicensed" open carry and they did the "well, you know Vegas is different" type of reply and will still go there for vacation for 1 and the other actually lives there. The NV resident didn't know they already allow permitless OC for years and hand out CCW's like candy. The CCW process is just a formality.
So the media has a coordinated attack to make TX look bad because they are losing their blue foot hold. Although TX is a majority red state, most of the major cities are blue (Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, etc...).