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Allowing the invaders through the breech is not the way to defend a castle according to history.

That being said, I would use whatever moments I had to get the biggest bore pointed from a defensive position and be sure that all my loved ones are behind me.

That being said, people who kick in doors do not have any right to feel that shooting is off limits until they make it over the threshold of the home. Nope. At the same time, you had better damn well be right if you send a round through a door. That is far harder to explain in court.

There are plenty of cases with this exact example and with many endings.

I am with Rhino though, this is not uncommon and if the ecomony goes bad - it will become far more common. Oh, and so long as I have ID'd that all of my family is behind me (easily done), then all in front of me should not be there...