However, if someone breaks into my house, they have comitted an illegal act, and are obviously intending to commit other illegal acts. I, as an innocent man, do not know whether this illegal act includes theft, or deliberate murder. When it is a choice between leaving the criminal alone and hoping he is not intending to kill everyone in the house, and twatting him on the back of the head with the heaviest thing I can find, then it's goodbye Mr Intruder.
Yes, shoot first ask questions later. It does not matter that the person was just looking for a phone because is car broke down in the middle of nowhere, it was -40C outside, and you didn't bloody wake up when he knocked on the door.
One possibility of many.
I guess it was OK to shoot at kids for raiding apple trees as well.
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