But don’t doubt there are good reasons for owning a shotgun for home defense:

Police: Baytown teenager shoots two intruders, killing 1

BAYTOWN, TX (KTRK) — An attempted home invasion in Baytown ended with an 18-year-old killing one of the two suspects. Neighbors say this particular home had been targeted before.

The quiet Baytown neighborhood was woken up Wednesday morning by the sound of gunshots coming from one house.

“They probably were thinking they were coming into an empty house, which they weren’t. The grandson was there,” said neighbor Barbara Carr.

An 18-year-old man confronted two suspected burglars in his grandmother’s home with a shotgun. One of them, Charles Allen Dixon, 40, died at the hospital of his wounds. The second suspect, Michael McDaniel, 26, is in critical condition.

Baytown Police Detective Edgar Elizondo said, “Situations like this, we’re going to see this more often because now more Texans arm themselves and we have the right to protect our property.”