Oh, I'm not saying you shouldn't be prepared. I mean, personally if I were cofronted with that situation my probable response would be to just get out of the way and let the Bad Guy have my shit, rather than assume I can shoot faster/aim better than him. But that's just me, you do what you think is right.
Where I draw a distinction is in the thread question. The answer to 'should I have gone out and confronted him' is in my books a very emphatic no. There's a big difference between shooting someone who has actually broken into your home (or is actually attempting to do so by physically manhandling a door/window) and shooting someone who's just chilling in your yard.
Then again, I don't even own a gun. I guess maybe I should just say that I'm glad I don't live anywhere near Zeraph and leave it at that.
Also, going by the description in the OP it doesn't sound like 'trying to break in' is as forgone a conclusion as you think it is. We go from
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...likely searching for unlocked windows...
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He went around the house and checked everything I think...
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All I ever saw was a shadowy figure for a brief instant...
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He was checking windows to see if they were open.
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Where did this suddern certainty come from?
High fence or no, if someone is in my backyard late at night my first thought is more likely to be "drunk/lost/taking a shortcut" rather than "OMG RAPIST!"
But again, that's just me.