Radio ad asks Houstonians to arm themselves against evacuees

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HOUSTON - A radio commercial for a local gun shop advises Houstonians to arm themselves against "Katricians," adding to the growing tension between Houstonians and the Katrina evacuees who have been blamed for a rising crime rate.

Gun shop owner and radio talk-show host Jim Pruett said Thursday he started running the ad a few weeks ago after hearing a local television interview with a Katrina evacuee living in Houston who implied he would have to turn to crime if his government assistance ran out.

"There are many evacuees here who are working," said Pruett, who has owned Jim Pruett's Guns & Ammo in northwest Houston for five years. "They have become Houstonians now. That is fantastic. That is what you are supposed to do. You are not supposed to threaten the place you are working in."

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Pruett's radio ad says, "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."

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/15575067.htm

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. And this is why I said that if the Republicans steal another election,

we'll all be buying guns. Republicans will not pay a penny for social programs, and they know what this means. That people will eventually get desparate as the federal and state assistance runs out. We'll need guns because we're going to become survivalists since there won't be any government emergency plans to really take care of the problems we have to deal with.

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5. I've never had a gun in my house growing up

or in my adult life. At 43, I'm now seriously considering buying one.

[Ian David]

2. Can't we just give Texas back to Mexico? n/t

[Tyler Durden]

3. Too late.

There are already more guns in Houston than there are in some STATES more populous than Texas.

Houston is like the "Gunfight at the 'I'm Not OK' Corral."

[DemoTex]

4. Fomenting violence. Inciting riot. KPRC by chance?

Quintessential white-male Texas mentality. Let me guess. K-PRiCk (KPRC) AM-950, Radio Free Hate in Houston? Home to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Cigar Dave, Savage/Weiner and others .. is that the station?