a handgun in Texas is what you have on the way to get your long gun...
Exactly! Remember the Alamo.
A hand guns only purpose is to fight to the long gun you never should have been without in the first place... that’s why they make AR15 “pistols” concealable under Texas law (fits nicely in a north face backpack) but the power of a rifle in a 21” overall package, mine all have holographic sights, laser designators, and one point tension slings they tension up in battery to a check weld as good or better than a collapsible stock SBR without the extra length, weight or permission slip from the goons. Out to 50m they all shoot 2moa or better in rapid stress fire which is way farther than any self-defense shooting would pass legal muster. 30 rounds of TAP prefrag rounds can solve most if not all of life’s little problems. I carry at least one AR pistol everywhere I go in my pack people are none the wiser.