Dirty_Zulu
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Houton gun dealer urging people to pack 'more heat' vs Katricians
Why are people so paranoid? People predicting crime will go up when public assistance ends just means they believe certain people are more likely to be criminals than other.
Instead of offering disaster victims the barrel end of a gun, they should offer social programs.
Best line is in bold.OUSTON — When the "Katricians" rise up in violence, Houstonians had better be packing some serious heat.
That's the inflammatory message of a new gun-shop commercial on the radio that gives Hurricane Katrina evacuees a vaguely alien-sounding name, and advises Texans to take up arms to defend themselves against crimes committed by the newcomers.
"When the 'Katricians' themselves are quoted as saying the crime rate is gonna go up if they don't get more free rent, then it's time to get your concealed-handgun license," warns the radio ad by Jim Pruett, who co-hosts a bombastic talk-radio show and owns Jim Pruett's Guns & Ammo, a self-styled "anti-terrorist headquarters" that sells knives, shotguns, semi-automatic rifles and other weapons. As Pruett describes the dangers posed by "Katricians," glass can be heard shattering, and a bell tolling ominously.
The radio spot highlights what many gun-store owners say is a hot trend in Houston: trade in weapons amid a surge in the homicide rate that police attribute to the more than 100,000 hurricane evacuees still in the city. Though the gun sale reports are largely anecdotal, Texas officials said applications for concealed-weapons permits were up statewide: 60,328 from Jan. 1 to Sept. 1 this year, compared with 46,298 for the same period last year.
The Houston Police Department estimates that one in five homicides in the city now involves Katrina evacuees — as suspect, victim or both. Many Houston residents, including some evacuees, are worried that crime will only get worse once housing and other public assistance end.
Why are people so paranoid? People predicting crime will go up when public assistance ends just means they believe certain people are more likely to be criminals than other.
Instead of offering disaster victims the barrel end of a gun, they should offer social programs.