Is this part of my vacation to Houston?

[Onkel Neal]

Well, if you are able to survive in Portland, Houston should pose no problems.

Car Missing After Suspected Gang Murder
Detectives Have Few Leads

PORTLAND -- Police are asking for help finding the car of a man killed in a suspected gang murder.
The body of 28-year-old Chai Taphom was found early Saturday in an alley near Northeast 111th Avenue and Davis Street.
He had several gunshot wounds, and police believe that it was an execution-style murder. Investigators are now trying to find Taphom's car, a 2005, two-door, silver Honda Civic with Oregon license plates 608 BYY. Police have few leads and ask that anyone with information call Detective Whattam at (503) 823-0696 or Detective Shipley at (503) 823-0865.

http://www.koin.com/news.asp?ID=4015


I mean, it doesn't sound like your police are much help:

Police Cruisers Collide Responding To Call
Officers Checked For Head Injuries

SEATTLE -- Two Seattle police cars responding to another officer's call for help collided with each other Tuesday morning at a downtown intersection.
It happened about 2:30 a.m. at Boren and Madison.
Both officers were taken to Harborview Medical Center to be checked for head injuries. The cars were seriously damaged. Spokeswoman Debra Brown says the officers were responding to the call that a King County sheriff's deputy was fighting with a drunken-driving suspect on Interstate 5.

http://www.koin.com/news.asp?RECORD_KEY[news]=ID&ID%5Bnews%5D=4468

You even have gun crime! :rotfl:

Man Puts Gun In Waistband, Shoots Self In Groin

Criminal Charges Possible

HOQUIAM, Wash. -- A Hoquiam man who accidentally shot himself in the groin could face charges of reckless endangerment and discharging a firearm within the city limits. Police responded to a report of shots fired Saturday night and found the 21-year-old man bleeding. He told officers he was upset by personal issues and had fired the gun in the air. While putting the 9 mm handgun back in his waistband it accidentally fired again.

http://www.koin.com/news.asp?RECORD_KEY[news]=ID&ID%5Bnews%5D=4467

You can't bring guns into Texas. But if your born here, they give you one