Man killed in break-in

Amarillo is in the news again. The Castle Doctrine should apply.

The owner of an Amarillo home that had been burglarized several times in the past few weeks shot an intruder Wednesday morning who then stumbled outside, fell and died in the front yard.

"If in fact, once Special Crimes has completed their investigation, and if they determine it was an event where the deceased had come on to the other person's property and evidence shows that they were attempting to commit a crime on their property, the Castle Doctrine will apply," Farren said.

Christmas Eve Massacre Statement from Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to a man dressed in a Santa suit opening fire at a home in Colvino, California, shooting an eight-year-old girl in the face, her 16-year-old sister in the back, then killing eight others and himself, Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign, issued the following statement:

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and community touched by this terrible tragedy. It is profoundly sad that a distraught man would take up arms to kill his family and others. "In this season of hope, however, we should not despair and say this kind of violence is inevitable. We should not tolerate the steady drumbeat of gun deaths and injuries that tears our families and communities apart. We can and should do all that is within our power to find solutions to gun violence.

"In the New Year, we hope that our nation's leaders have the courage and conviction to take steps that will help protect our families and communities from gun violence."

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