http://houstonist.com/2006/09/13/arm_yourselves.php All comments for Arm yourselves now, ex-radio host urges Houstonians en-us 2009 Brittanie Shey Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brittanie@houstonist.com brittanie@houstonist.com 60 http://houstonist.com/2006/09/13/arm_yourselves.php#comment-359098 http://houstonist.com/2006/09/13/arm_yourselves.php#comment-359098 Comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:07:40 -0600 <p>I think that this chronicle editorial is a much better response to this situation than this unethical gun-dealer, and I do not think that the facts are as clear as you think on this one. While I kind of remember that Pruett was a bad influence on me as a kid (racist, sexist...), I am saying unethical just in the sense that he is trying to profit on this fear of crime hysteria by adding more guns which are designed to kill humans to our community. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4182153.html In the story you point to, most of the statements placing the blame on refugees are made by that one bounty hunter, which might not be the best source for trying to show that "the numbers show a link." The only numbers in the article are that we have had a 17% increase in homicides over the last year and that 21% of this year's homicides involve an evacuee, even if they were the victim. These two numbers seem to say something, but don't really. It is probably not the case, but just for argument's sake, according to the way these two numbers are presented, another interpretation could be that crazed Houstonians with their racist and gun owning tendencies have killed a bunch of refugees, since the 21% number only says that the victim or the perpetrator were evacuees.</p>