Despite being awash in guns Houston TEXAS ranks number one for burglaries

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How come our gun nut friends don't point to this wonderful success story?  All I see is Chicago, Chicago, Chicago.  Well what about Houston?  All that concealed carry and pickups with rifle ranks doesn't seem to have solved their burglary issues.  I guess this is the Texas miracle where you buy guns and burglars don't care and still rob you.

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I guess this is the Texas miracle where you buy guns and burglars don't care and still rob you.

Robbery and burglary are not the same thing...

I see.  I guess that makes everything okay in Houston.  Thank goodness.  For a minute there I was worried.

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I guess this is the Texas miracle where you buy guns and burglars don't care and still rob you.

Robbery and burglary are not the same thing...

I see.  I guess that makes everything okay in Houston.  Thank goodness.  For a minute there I was worried.

Just admit you made a dumb mistake and move on.

I believe the title of the thread is Houston ranks number one in the nation for burglaries despite being awash in guns.  Is that statement true or false?

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Burglary is when people enter a location illegally to commit a crime. You know, the situation that having assault weapons in the home is supposed to protect you from.

So what happens if the burglars, who are burglars and don't care about the law, have assault rifles and you don't.

How often is this scenario getting played out where you live?!  I have never in my life heard of a burglar showing up with an assault rifle.  With as many guns as we have floating around out there I am sure it's happened somewhere but honestly I think the chances of me being killed by eating too much red meat are way higher... and I still am quite reckless and eat a burger ever now and then.

My mom's step brother was killed last year in Vero by burglars when he came home early from his sons baseball game. They shot him. He wasn't the gun owner type, but considering how the flag pole from his porch was found in the living room with bullet holes in it, we assume he fought back. Why shouldn't he or someone in his position be allowed to have a gun?

Why is it only gangsters in the hood and right wingers have these problems?

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In my view, if the property is empty, it's a burglary. If it's not, it's a robbery.

Robbery. A person commits robbery when he or she knowingly takes property, except a motor vehicle covered by Section 18-3 or 18-4, from the person or presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force.

Burglary.
    (a) A person commits burglary when without authority he or she knowingly enters or without authority remains within a building, housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, motor vehicle, railroad car, or any part thereof, with intent to commit therein a felony or theft. This offense shall not include the offenses set out in Section 4-102 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

Let's look at the post that caused all this trouble...

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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8941653

How come our gun nut friends don't point to this wonderful success story?  All I see is Chicago, Chicago, Chicago.  Well what about Houston?  All that concealed carry and pickups with rifle ranks doesn't seem to have solved their burglary issues.  I guess this is the Texas miracle where you buy guns and burglars don't care and still rob you.

So including the title of the thread the word burglary and its variants (burglars, burglaries) were used a total of 4 times throughout this short post.  Then the next to last word in the post was r, o, b.  Subsequently a meltdown ensued.  In the vernacular in the US people use the word rob sometimes for the more accurate word burglarize.  Frankly I rarely here someone say I was burglarized.  The expression I got robbed is pretty common and even extends to non criminal acts that do not involve violence or the threat of violence.

Obviously when I typed those three little letters at the end of my post it was a slip.  Most thinking adults who aren't morons can read the other 95% of the post and utilize context clues to figure out what was being discussed.  But usually when you want to have a conversation with a gun nut about anything to do with common sense gun control measures they want to spend a few months discussing "clips" vs "magazines."  Do you think these people are serious?  I don't.