Easy enough to remedy this situation. Which weapon did the bullet come from?
1) Citizen being robbed - civil suit for reckless endangerment. Assault charges if he drew the weapon and his life was not in danger.
2) Criminal who used a firearm in the commission of a crime. Go straight to jail, do not collect $200. Hopefully the criminal rights lobby won't get him free.
What does Ted Nugent and NRA members have to do with this? By that liberal windbag's logic the entire press should be banned because some 'journalists' fabricate stories.
Re your point 1). In Texas it is legal to use deadly force to defend property. The suit for reckless endangerment might still fly, but the assault charge wouldn't. I think that might go for a few other states as well, though not sure about colorado.
I exchanged bits of my life for my property. Defending my property is defending my life. You try and deprive me of life or property and I'll worry about what the jury says later on in regards to my filling you full of lead. Incidentally, Texas' stance on defending your property, via old cattle rustling laws, was one of my reasons for moving down here. Florida's "Make my day" law should go Nationwide. Stop coddling thieves.