Police: Levelland homeowner kills intruder with shotgun blast(TX)

kcbd.com ^ | 21 September, 2012 | Adam Clemons, Tiffany Pel

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Picture of of Paul Ochoa

LEVELLAND, TX (KCBD) -

Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in northwest Levelland on Friday afternoon. Police say a man was found shot to death around 4:30 p.m.

Investigators say a man named Paul Ochoa - also known as "The Joker" possibly attempted to break into a home in the 300 block of North Avenue M, where the homeowner shot the intruder point blank in the chest with a shotgun.

It is unknown if Ochoa was shot inside the home or in the street where he was found.

"The person who made the call apparently claimed to be the shooter. He is in our custody and that is still under investigation," Levelland Sergeant Daniel Hancock said.

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My first thought was “Latin Kings”.

[William Tell]

DesertRhino said: "I’m thinking they need to maybe just deal with it as another consequence of what they did."

The problem is that it is we, the law-abiding, who end up paying the price in the form of draconian gun laws, intended to prevent felons from getting firearms, but instead empower thugs like the BATFE.

If the Founders intended to deny freed felons from keeping and bearing arms, they could easily have included that exception.

My guess is that such a law would have been unthinkable and unenforceable at the time. The Founders certainly would not have supported a federal system for accomplishing prior-restraint in the purchase of a firearm.