Self-Defense Shootings Spike In Albuquerque

By Bob Owens

Criminals in one New Mexico town are finding out the hard way that violent crime is a good way for them to end up injured or dead, as citizens take up their arms in lawful self-defense.

Eleven months ago, police say a homeowner awoke to a strange noise, grabbed his gun and went to his kitchen, where he found a man crouching, clutching a knife. The homeowner opened fire, killing the suspected burglar. Detectives said the homeowner’s actions were justifiable and didn’t arrest him.

Throughout 2015, similar scenarios played out over and over again across the city as civilians shot would-be burglars. Six of the eight justifiable homicides occurred during attempted burglaries or robberies – more than in the previous four years combined.

In one case, a suspected burglar was breaking through a screen door when he was shot, and, in another, at least two men allegedly forced their way into a house and shot a resident before one of the intruders was killed.

And, in June, a high-profile case caught national press when two ex-CNN staffers were involved in a gunfight at a hotel on Albuquerque’s West Side.

Police say Chuck de Caro shot and killed a man who had forced his way …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms