God this ismadness…
His name is Jim Pruett and he formed half of one of the most outrageous duos in Houston radio history — Stevens and Pruett — back in the 1990’s. He’s raising controversy on the airwaves again — this time as a gun shop owner. He says Houstonians must arm themselves, because of the rise in crime. But, as you would imagine, some Katrina evacuees say they are being publicly called out.
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Gun shop owner Jim Pruett says Houston’s growing crime problem has brought a boom in business. It’s a trend Pruett ties in part to the arrival of Katrina evacuees.This is his latest radio advertisement:
“When the Katricans themselves as saying the crime rate will go up if they don’t have more free rent, then it’s time to get your concealed weapons license.”
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Some Katrina evacuees say they are feeling the need to arm themselves for protection. (emphasis mine)
Jim Pruett is to disaster relief what Archie Bunker was to plane hijackings…ARCHIE: “Well, I could stop hi-jacking tomorrow . . . if everyone was allowed to carry guns them hi-jackers wouldn’t have no superiority. All you gotta do is arm all the passangers, then no hi-jacker would risk pullin’ a rod.”
Jim Pruett…
Today’s Worst Person in the World