On October 16, 1991, Suzanna Gratia Hupp and her parents were having lunch at the Luby's in Killeen, Texas. When George Jo Hennard drove his truck through the front window and opened fire on the patrons, yelling "This is what Bell County has done to me!"
Hupp who owned and carried a handgun reached into her purse for her weapon, but it was in her vehicle. Why was it her vehicle? Hupp had left it in her vehicle due to the laws in force at the time, forbidding citizens from carrying concealed firearms.
Hupp had to watch in horror as Hennard executed her father Al Gratia and her mother Ursula Gratia. Hennard killed 23 people in total before turning his weapon on himself and committing suicide.
As a survivor of the Luby's massacre, Hupp testified across the country in support of concealed-handgun laws, and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1996.
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