[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

The sheeple are finally waking up. This needs to go on someone's bang list...

[Tax-chick]

This needs to go on someone's bang list...

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Owning a gun would prevent burglary when you're not there ... how?

Sometimes - when a hurricane is on the way, for example - you have to decide whether you value your life more, or your stuff. And make sure you're adequately insured.

[fortheDeclaration]

"It was devastating. I don't feel safe, and now we're talking about purchasing a gun to protect ourselves, and I never wanted a gun in my home," she said.

These people should not have a gun, they are not emotionally prepared to use it.

[Meldrim]

Of those arrested, how many were illegal aliens?

[ExcursionGuy84]

we're talking about purchasing a gun to protect ourselves, and I never wanted a gun in my home

Like the "old" adage goes: A Conservative is a Liberal whos just been mugged.

[CajunConservative]

It looks like NO wasn't the only place where looting and bad behavior occurred.

[TheBattman]

Such stories of the local scum taking advantage of evacuations is just going to encourage folks to stick it out in storms instead of evacuating - and sitting it out ARMED.

And can anyone blame them? I know that life is more important than our "stuff" - but dang it - the police can't do anything about it.

[2banana]

You loot, I shoot...

[Virginia Queen]

"It was devastating. I don't feel safe, and now we're talking about purchasing a gun to protect ourselves, and I never wanted a gun in my home," she said.

ADVICE: Buy a good gun and shoot to kill.

[cbkaty]

This caught my attention:

"We used our rent money to pay for gas and food to evacuate, and we come home to see our (televisions) had been stolen and our food eaten," Tameko Wilson said. She said apartment managers would not tell residents how many units were burglarized.

The Managers have to tell them which units were burglarized...wellduh!

TV news stations reported that as many as 33 units were broken into, but Abad said only six calls were made to the complex. Tameko Wilson doubts police were in her neighborhood because burglars had time to ransack multiple units, cook meals, drink beer and steal big items such as her 67-inch television. Wilson returned to find a police report in her apartments.

Manning and others urged caution when evaluating early crime statistics until each report can be investigated. "Some of the numbers, once we complete investigations, may come back as unfounded," he said.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......

[TrailofTears]

Another neo-con in the making. (Neo-con = liberal that has been mugged.)

[weegee]

There was looting of homes in Houston as well. I know someone who remained at home in that neighborhood with his relatives and his gun.

Looters are nothing new. The assumption that it is not a big deal or doesn't exist is.

[VRWCTexan]

QUOTE: "Many residents of the Lakecrest Village Apartments at 9393 Tidwell in NORTHEAST Houston returned home this week to find that burglars had kicked in doors to take children's clothes and food, televisions and videogame consoles."

Sorry, but there was no reason in the first place for anyone living in NORTHEAST Houston to evacuate (other than personal panic).

[eastforker]

9393 Tidwell, need more be said?