[Sacajaweau]

My house is being robbed. I have no weapon and in fact, the robbers have tied and gagged me (unbeknown to my neighbor).

The thieves are getting away. Should my neighbor shoot them or just stand there like a dummy.

Kinda puts the thing in a better persepective.

[bobby.223]

you have a good point, here is another. your neighbor who might not have fired a weapon in years or has little or no target training, nervous system going crazy, misses and kills the little 4 year old girl playing in her front yard 2 houses down, over a stolen vcr or tv. I see both sides of this story and it is going to be interesting to see how it plays out.