ATW: Suspected burglar shot and killed by Gainesville homeowner

By Neil McCabe | 12:40 PM | October 31, 2014

The K T E N news reports:

GAINESVILLE, TX–Gainesville police are investigating a shooting that left a suspected burglar dead after they say he was shot by a homeowner Tuesday morning.To shoot, or not to shoot? That is the question, and Texans are sounding off in support of a Gainesville homeowner who made the decision to use deadly force against a burglar Tuesday morning.”I mean, it’s your family, you’ve got to protect them,” said James Stubblefield, who supports the right to use deadly force.

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Neil W. McCabe is the editor of HE's "Guns & Patriots" e-letter and was a senior reporter at the Human Events newspaper. McCabe deployed with the Army Reserve to Iraq for 15 months as a combat historian. For many years, he was a reporter and photographer for "The Pilot," Boston's Catholic paper. He was also the editor of the free community papers "The Somerville (Mass.) News and "The Alewife (North Cambridge, Mass.)." Email him: [email protected] Follow him on Twitter: @neilwmccabe.