someone in my town who also had a bar and lived above it, got robbed one night, when he heard noise downstairs and realized he was being robbed, he got a crowbar, went downstairs and beat the shit out of the thief, seriously damaging him, I don’t remember the details but the guy got sent to the hospital badly injured. Now guess who ended up in jail for a long time? The bar owner, for using excessive force and bludgeoning him. Nothing happened to the thief, nothing, no time, nothing! Even here, the police would prefer that we not defend ourselves. Just die, and let them come do the paperwork. I think the real answer for anyone who has to beat some thief or rapist into oblivion is to drag the body out to your van in the night, dump them somewhere, clean up thoroughly, and never, ever report it.