tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5176683867333854798..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Near race war in 1868 Houston led to ban on carrying firearms for self-protectionGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75784457258404248102023-04-05T15:45:49.213-05:002023-04-05T15:45:49.213-05:00OTOH, I had heard of what happened in 1917! This w...OTOH, I had heard of what happened in 1917! This wasn't even in the Houston police union's vanity-press history on HPD, though they had praise for I.C. Lord. I haven't seen the story told before (in the HPOU book it's conflated w/ another episode) and I've been looking at a lot of this history for a while now.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75058444608490567312023-04-05T13:13:01.242-05:002023-04-05T13:13:01.242-05:00It pales in comparison to what happened in 1917.It pales in comparison to what happened in 1917.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35301214307846330742023-04-05T07:39:52.869-05:002023-04-05T07:39:52.869-05:00Houston has a long history of pragmatism overshado...Houston has a long history of pragmatism overshadowing ideology. Alan Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445198735505332143noreply@blogger.com