Free Gun Initiative Begins In Houston Neighborhood

[Purveyor]

HOUSTON (AP) — A nonprofit that offers free shotguns and firearms training to residents of high-crime areas has made a Houston neighborhood the site of its first gun giveaway.

Residents of the Oak Forest neighborhood, which has been hit by a rash of burglaries and robberies, say they are grateful for the self-defense help.

Amid the ongoing national debate on gun control, Houston-based Armed Citizen Project says it's trying to show that putting more guns in the hands of responsible owners can help combat crime.


Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Free-gun-initiative-begins-in-Houston-neighborhood-4588826.php#ixzz2VeFDZNAS

[Politicalboi]

1. I guess these assholes haven't heard

That meals on wheels has been cut and head start, but giving out free guns and training is necessary. I guess we need to make up new maps that tell us sane people where the insane live, so we can avoid that town, and let them starve for tourist.

[gejohnston]

2. tourists don't go to those neighborhoods

It won't raise the murder rate, but there is evidence that the home invasion rate will likely go down.

Last I checked, meals on wheels and head start was a government function, not a private function. But then, these guys could be contributing to all three.

[rrneck]

3. I wonder how long

before a gun buyback becomes a gun sellback becomes a free gun initiative and somebody gets back the same gun for free that they sold to the city.

[Decoy of Fenris]

4. Boop:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172124013