>The intruder must get inside your home for you to use deadly force...

Not true - in our town, two armed thugs were kicking in the back door of an 80 year old widower. He shot them through the door with a shot gun and got off scott free.


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>>>have good locks on you doors. We have norms arround here that every new build house should be able to resist invaders for at least 3 minutes in the most common attacks. Enough time to call the police and pick your baseball bat and show you've seen them.
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>>>Tell that to Sean Taylor. His doors were locked and he picked up a machete. Now he's dead.
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>>See. If he had a gun he could have shot through the door and killed or injured the intruder. Defending your life and property, in your own home is a very powerful defence in court and you will very likely not be convicted.