Shoot It: Houston

A homeowner shot and killed a burglar. No charges are expected. God bless Texas.

"I have no regrets at all on his part," Barone said. "I feel sorry for his family."

In the weeks leading up to the shooting, several neighborhood cars were broken into and the shooter's dog was poisoned. I'd betcha anything all of these problems cease now that the worthless bastard has been offed.

Related news from USA Today include Castle Doctrine in Mississippi:

The "Castle Doctrine " law removes the requirement that citizens first must seek a safe retreat from an intruder before using deadly force. Similar laws have passed in 19 other states in two years, in large part because of lobbying by the National Rifle Association (NRA).

A recent spate of shootings in Jackson, the capital, has reinvigorated public discussion of the law. In one week in late September and early October, four Jackson homeowners fired shots at four suspected burglars. Two of the suspected intruders were killed and a third was injured.

And this opinion piece written by an NRA veep:

The policy that USA TODAY derided in a 1994 editorial as "one of the most cockamamie clichés in the pro-gun lexicon" halted unspeakable carnage in a Colorado Springs megachurch on Sunday.

Colorado's right-to-carry law — which USA TODAY fiercely opposed as "an old West remedy" — empowered volunteer security guard Jeanne Assam to stop a mass murderer inside her crowded church.

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