diane sat next to dani joe here in the front seat and tex was right behind diane in the back seat, and off they went. >> well, we headed on in to atlanta on i-20, and as we got off of 20 to get on to the connector, it was just eight lanes of brake lights. >> dani jo says tex was dosing in the back seat as the two women decided to get off the interstate to avoid the traffic. >> as we're riding down the ramp tex becomes fully awake, i guess, and he looks around and he says, girls, i really wish you hadn't done this. this is a bad idea, this is a bad area. >> that's when tex mciver made a request of his wife. >> and tex said, darling, will you hand me my gun. >> tex regularly kept a gun in that car? >> uh-huh. >> it was right in the center console, a smith & wesson .38