Word: houstons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...criminologists answer that the fear of becoming a victim of crime is greater than the actual risk, but no one denies that the fear is real. Proclaimed the Figgie Report, a privately funded study of crime in the U.S.: "The fear of crime is slowly paralyzing American society." Observes Houston Police Chief B.K. Johnson: "We have allowed ourselves to degenerate to the point where we're living like animals. We live behind burglar bars and throw a collection of door locks at night and set an alarm and lay down with a loaded shotgun beside the bed and then...
...Houston and Dallas also are outdoing their brutal past, setting new violent crime records. Washington, D.C., suffered an 11% rise in homicides. New Orleans has replaced Houston as the nation's most murderous city, with a rate of 23 per 100,000 in the first half...
RANDOLPH WRIGHT, 55 Garage manager, Houston...
...places where they might lurk. Common sense says never to walk alone at night or to pick up hitchhikers. If, however, you do suddenly feel a gun or cold knife against your neck, stay as calm as possible. "Try not to panic," says Captain Ephirne F. Leija of the Houston police department. "Do the best you can under a difficult situation. Above all, don't try to be a hero...
...Association: "The right of self-defense is a fundamental one, and if I know how to use a gun and feel I need one for self-defense, whose business is it to say that I shouldn't own one?" After eight years of trying to fight crime in Houston, Police Sergeant John Gilbert is one of many law officers who see merit in this view. Says he: "It's getting to the point where it's up to the citizens to protect themselves. And the way to do that is with guns." (Houston has the second highest...