Radio ad asks Houstonians to arm themselves against evacuees

Didn't say it was 50/50.

For my experience those three days, I would say it was roughly 80% black people, 20% white people.

 

Id agree, I might go 10-15% though.....But still....That is a HUGE marginal difference either way

 

Typical fear mongering BS. Since racism is generally frowned upon in common society, I think in the Freudian super ego people decide that if the can make it about something other than race then it can be acceptable to express their fear and loathing. Classic Freudian Rationalization.

Everybody has some monster lurking in their ego. From college I remember a study that said essentially that everybody has some degree of racist thought, but the people who don't act in a racist way are good at editing their emotional reactions by filtering it with a greater cognitive ideal. I'm not sure if this is 100% true, but I think there is something to this.

People that have some heavy fear of 'Katricians' need to look into their hearts. If there are some nasty skeletons in that closet, that's fine. Nobody is perfect, but they need to accept that there is some sort of personal issue and deal with it. Otherwise they will just continue to 'express' their unacceptable fear through cognitively acceptable outlets like, "They speak different", etc.

The most powerful mundane world thing that Christianity brings to the table is the idea that every man is a sinner. That lets one accept that one has bad characteristics without any sort of pervasive guild mechanism. I think that pride makes otherwise zealous people not want to accept this.

This actually is one of the things about the 'radio talk show conservatives' that bothers me that I haven't been able to express until now. The pervasive idea that liberals are consumed with guilt. I think instead they instead for the most part just accept that everyone and everything is imperfect. They are really expressing the idea that they can't submit to self-examination without being overwhelmed with guilt. But there is no need for that. Pride comes before a fall, and all that. Anyway I ramble...

The most important point is that you should, strike a blow against racist idealogues and buy your guns from me.

 

i can't decide if this is:

a. a great post;
b. tricky advertising;
c. both

 

I could use the same logic in reverse, people wanted to make it about race because that is such a "hot topic"...Not saying its not in some cases, their will always be racists and racist thoughts, but to state my point again...
NOTHING TO LIVE FOR/Unprovidable needs of family = CRIME

 

i have no problem with people having a hard time with criminals, no matter the color of their skin.

i have a huge problem with people painting with a broad stroke everyone who came here from NOLA and emphasizing the fact they're black.

 

Agreed

 

I think it is a fine ad. Marketing at its best.

And I have no plans to ever purchase a gun.

 

I'll have to agree with that also, No such thing as bad pub

 

I think people are having the hardest time with the fact that most of these people are BROKE not that they are black. The latest survey I read showed that like 59% of the remaining evacuees were unemployed and 45% lived on less that 500 dollars a month. It's hard to draw a line between the race/ crime issue when the majority of the crime we hear about is being commited by the black evacuees. I'm certain that this is just a reflection of fact that they were the poorest of the group. I do think it is a valid concern to worry about what is going to happen when the money runs out and these people (all evacuees) lose their free housing. Houston had a crime problem pre Katrina but it will just explode if we can't figure out what to do with thousands of poor deperate people besides kick them out to the curb.

 

Does Pruett's gun store and website kind of remind anybody of Ammu-Nation from the Grand Theft Auto games?

 

certainly part of it. but it's not what i'm hearing, unfortunately.

 

I just hate the Euphemisms
Don't say black . . .say urban . . .or now. . Katrinacians [is that a words?]

Rocket River

 

I believe in guns, but I'm not 100%...maybe 92% convinced on concealed carry...The bad guys often will hit in groups in many instances.
For example, close to where I live,...4 thugs entered a waffle house all armed, there to rob the customers.

Now if I have my Glock 23, I personally feel I am a good shot and can feel confident against one or two. Now If I were there and engaged all 4, likely at least one of them would be dead, but the situation of 4 means innocent bystanders would get hit...

Then again, there are many instances where the instance of being armed prevents further acts of personal danger by responsible citizens.

BTW, my uncle is a homicide detective in Houston, his view and first hand account is the crime increase from the Katrina implants are very real...

 

My kind of store...

http://www.jimpruett.net/

 

I think I'm going to report the dude to ASCAP or BMI. Anybody think he payed the licensing fees to use that song in his comercial venture?

 

My clips stay loaded with hollow points... in a locked safe... for years now.

So, if someone breaks in my home, I must get up and first find the key, remember the combo, and then slap the clip in the gun... then determine if I'm dead yet... then find the perp, and then consider whether or not they are armed, and if so, do they wish to harm me or my family... then unload at least enough rounds to stop them and not hurt my family...


Outside the house, I'm on the phone about my CHL as we type...

I'm on the outskirts of Dallas, currently the worst crime rate in the US... and it has gone up since Katrina.

 

take it easy!...BTW, Did you get my email? Is the 11.5" Bbl SBR hassle worth it and etc.?...

 

and it was going up before Katrina

 

Do you honestly not think that the hurricane evacuees have not caused an increase in crime?