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Originally Posted by Derwood
New question (because I don't know the answer):
How many home burglars come armed and/or looking to fight? My brain says a burglar wants a theft to be quick, easy, and without incident. Usually this means the homeowners are out, and if not, they'll flee when they realize someone is in the house.
On the other side of the coin, what material possessions do you have that are worth getting into a potential gun fight over? If I was asleep upstairs and I heard a burglar, I'd quickly get my family into the master bedroom, block the door, and wait for the burglar to leave. There is nothing in my house worth getting killed over. Nothing.
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I don't know the answer either, but I am less concerned about the burglar who flees than I am about the one who breaks in knowing there are people home. The intruder who does not leave when you yell that you are armed isn't there for your TV. Also, I am away from home a lot and my wife stays in the house alone. I don't want her to be at the mercy of the first person who has the audacity to force his way into our home and realizes there is a young woman there alone.
I am not going to shoot an unarmed burglar, and I am not going to kill in order to protect property. However, I will confront an intruder and tell them to get out of my house, and I am not about to allow them to arm themselves by stealing one of my firearms. Lethal force is a last resort against an attack, but there is no reason I can't expel an intruder from my home by other means.
You can go be a sheep if you want to...I would rather die than subjugate myself to the whims of some piece of trash who is trying to live as a parasite off of the efforts of others.
On a side note, if I had children then protecting them would be my number one priority and I would do as you describe. If I had a second story I would likely clear to the stairwell and lock it down while waiting for police.
Oh, and as what I have worth getting in a gunfight over: I won't shoot an unarmed intruder because the law does not allow it. However, I believe that people only deserve what they are willing to defend. I would fight for my possessions in a heartbeat. If the intruder escalates it to a gun fight then so be it...I haven't lost one yet and I'm willing to bet I've been in more than he (they) has (have).