Regardless of what the article states (http://www.click2houston.com/news/16417710/detail.html), the worst part of the article is the following quote:
Andy Kahan, the crime victim's advocate for Houston's mayor, said of the gun ad, "It's just sad that we have to live in a society where you think that you have to have a firearm just to keep you and your family safe."
First of all, Andy, since before this country was founded, a firearm was required for survival. It served as protection and as a way to put dinner on the table. Funny to think that in the 500+ years since the Europeans stepped foot on this continent (again), with all the history classes we are required to take, Andy hasn't come to the realization that guns in America have history and will be around long after he is gone.
Let's be fair, Houston has never been the safest town in the U.S., but they were the worst, either. Then Hurricane Katrina hit According to the news media, Houston's crime rate went ballistic once the refugees from Katrina moved in (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/05/AR2006020500884.html or http://www.wdsu.com/news/8445395/detail.html).
I quote, here: Since Sept. 1, when an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 Louisianans resettled in Houston after Hurricane Katrina, evacuees are believed to have been involved in 26 slayings, or nearly 17 percent of all homicides. The cases, according to Houston police, involved 34 evacuees -- 19 of them victims and 15 of them suspects.
Late last month, investigators in the Houston Police Department's Gang Murder Squad announced the arrests of eight of 11 suspects believed linked to nine homicides in the city's southwest side and two others in nearby Pasadena, Tex. The slayings occurred since November, and all the suspects are displaced New Orleanians who landed in Houston after the hurricane.
The third article links above states that crime rates increased over 30% following the arrive of the Katrina refugees, 35 ex-New Orleans residents were arrested for murder.
Sounds to me like a firearm may be just the thing to keep you safe, Andy.
