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Heathur :
We actually bought our first house after just getting married and it was a 2 &1 beach house in rough condition. 21,500 on a GI loan. Should have kept it but thought we were doing great selling it for30,000 two years later. Wish we had known a couple years later a developer would buy up the street and split our large lots and build homes selling for 135,000. We wound up flipping houses for a few years until intrest rates rose.

Ruger5 : And also the irresponsible gun owners who leave their guns unsecured in their cars, provide easy access to their teen children, etc. If you can afford a firearm and ammo for your firearm, you can pay the money to secure them.

buffaloglenn : There are those - yes yes. I agree. They aren't the crux of the problem though. The easy on thuggery needs to be addressed more than anything else. Armed law abiding citizens and tough on crime leaders is a good place to start.

Ruger5 : They are a big part of the problem - without easy access to guns, the thugs don't have as many weapons to go around. Here's the thing - most thugs can not legally buy firearms here in the US, either because of cost or because they have a criminal record already. But, if all they have to do is steal them from an unlocked car, or buy them from a teen who took it from daddy's dresser, then suddenly the crooks can afford that firearm. You can't legislate that everyone is going to be a good person and follow the law. But you can take away that easy access to firearms that makes it easier to be a thug. Most people are simply too lazy to do it though.

teatime : We've been a crime victim twice, property vandalism countless times now. Last Christmas our community mailbox was burglarized. Ive been here 32 years. I absolutely no longer feel as safe in this community. It has morphed in ways I detest. I'm not saying crime is off the charts here, it's not (not yet anyway) though some do think that. I'm saying crime has risen to unimagined levels. Yes Carol's shooting was a family matter, but under a differently played out scenario her murder may very well have reached beyond her family walls. If she'd had a visitor that day, for one plausible instance, could have been looking at a double homicide. Her son is a prime example of what I consider America's growing thug nation status. I'm Glad you feel safe - I would never want you to feel unsafe. I WANT you to have nothing to fear after dark. Many no longer feel as you do though. I'm a wee bit envious frankly.

Ruger5 : I never said there isn't crime. But with "shootings in Kingwood", there is no epidemic here. You can try and hype it, but domestic issues and what happens in Humble don't amount to a problem in Kingwood.

buffaloglenn : Oh I know, and I apologize for leaving that impression. I meant to infer that you seem to downplay the crime, imo. Chalking it up as status quo, something inevitable. It isn't status quo. When thugs have nothing to fear, when we live in an era where theft is A-OK, where serious crime carries little to no bond…..this emboldens thugs. It puts law abiding folks at risk. Of course it does. We are becoming desensitized. We really are.

billcherie2 : That was going to be a nice place. So many gang fights there. My friend bought a home when they started building there. Her house was stripped of plumbing while being built. Twice. A couple of people that had already moved in said their cars were broken in the first weekend they moved in. My friend sold her house as soon as it was finished she never moved into it. She said now she's so glad she sold it .

sweetie :
She was smart to sell and save the heart ache of moving twice !

billcherie2 : Yes. She said she dodged a bullet 😂

Ruger5 : We live in a growing city. The place where I grew up, in town, was tantamount to how parts of Humble are today. Am I desensitized? I don't think so. I can understand that with growth in the population comes a growth in the number of criminals, whether we are tough on crime or not. Would there be less property crimes if said crimes were investigated / charged / convicted / sentenced to more prison time? Probably, and I support more police and harsher sentencing. But assaulters, rapists, and murderers have no fear of the law. 5 years, 10 years, 30 years or the death penalty make no difference to those who do not value human life. The only times Houston has seen lowered crime rates were when there was less influx of new residents, and after a huge increase in police hiring. Both events were temporary.

Ruger5 : Here are all the murder/homicide investigations for the last ten years, in Kingwood proper.

buffaloglenn : Can't argue with this posting but we all know what is attributing to the influx of crime and why in God's name it is absolutely not being addressed. Yes with population explosion comes crime - aren't you **** the population influx is not being discouraged, but rather ENCOURAGED? This is a solvable crisis - It truly is and we all know it. How bad must it become before it is addressed?

Ruger5 : Houston's growth is not only because of the crisis to which you refer. Many, many people are moving here for jobs. I don't attribute all of Houston's growth to a problem that has existed virtually my entire lifetime. Difficult problems are not solved overnight. If it was that easy to solve, it would already be solved. Just a tip I've picked up in my time here.