‘Like living in a war zone’: in towns like Allen, Texas guns are deeply ingrained

In conservative towns like Allen, where a shooter killed eight people Saturday, guns are handed down from generation to generation

Four years ago, the city council governing Allen, Texas, was asked to approve construction of a large gun range in the town. Only one member of the council, Lauren Doherty, voted against it.

Doherty said that vote cost her seat on the municipal body when she ran for re-election two years later.