Gamble with your life, and you may lose it

Using deadly force is legal : Local : Albuquerque Tribune I covered this case in passing the other day. My attention was arrested - you might say - by the comments made by police.

"Hopefully this is going to send a message to people who are breaking into homes," Albuquerque police spokeswoman Trish Hoffman said Tuesday. "They're engaging in very dangerous behavior, not only to the people they're robbing, but to themselves."

This is the third shooting in the past month of a would-be goblin by a homeowner in Albuquerque.