| I would do what I thought I had to do at the moment and what I knew I could do within the limits of the law.
Holding someone at gunpoint is never legal. It might be legal in your home but I doubt it. It is holding someone against their will with the threat of deadly force- not legal.
You are allowed to shoot them in if they are unlawfully in your home. I personally wouldn't shoot someone unless I felt threatened. If I felt threatened I wouldn't hesitate.
More than likely if I caught someone off guard in my home I'd point the gun at them and tell them to "freeze" or "don't move or I'll blow your head off" or something similar. I'd call the police. But, if the person moved towards the door without moving towards me in a non threatening manner, I wouldn't shoot them.
You need to think about what a jury will let you live with AND what you'd be willing to live with. The intruder will more than likely have a family so there's always the possibility of a lawsuit. |