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It may have been the hurricanes that shocked people, but I bet the uptick in crime after Katrina was a big motivator also.

Bexar - 5.05%
Brazoria - 2.19%
Collin - 2.93%
Dallas - 5.89%
Denton - 2.70%
El Paso - 1.30%
Fort Bend - 2.69%
Galveston - 2.18%
Harris - 17.27%
Jefferson - 1.20%
Lubbock - 1.18%
Mc Lennan 1.19%
Montgomery - 3.28%
Nueces - 1.33%
Tarrant - 7.44%
Travis - 2.24%
Williamson - 1.48%

Please also note that Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties are all counties surrounding Harris County. The entire surrounding Houston area made this list as well as Harris County.

I heard on a local radio show that some of the gun shops in Houston had record years. Collector's Firearms is advertising on the radio quite a bit now.