The logo for the Texas State Rifle Association’s Political Action Committee (TSRA-PAC) is a savage, snorting steer with smoke billowing from its nostrils looking ready to charge.

The love that organization has for U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison might conjure up an image of a white pony in a bed of flowers walking toward a rainbow.

So why did the TSRA, the Texas affiliate of the National Rifle Association, endorse Gov. Rick Perry in his re-election bid against the senior senator?

“It was based on history. He’s got a decade,” said Alice Tripp, the TSRA-PAC’s legislative ...

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