One can see the benefit of firing first as a proactive measure hopefully turning away would-be murderous criminals
w/o any bloodshed.
I watched a recent store video where the perps kept trying to beat down the office door by jumping at it. The lady behind the door finally shot her revolver, and they ran away as fast as they could. (and they were carrying also).
The only benefit to a warning shot is to the intruder, whom you’ve just warned that you have a gun.
NEVER pull a weapon or fire a shot unless you are going to shoot to kill.
NEVER, because that person if armed is very likely to shoot you. When you pull that weapon, immediately shoot to kill.
There is one exception and I used it once. When the bad guy was running and I shot straight into the ground to scare him bad enough that he would make a mistake. It is a long story, documented in our local paper, but the bottom line is that it worked.
It scared the guy so bad that he left all manner of identifying objects and we had him within an hour.
Right. so's they can come back another day -or - how would you feel if, 10 minutes later, they robbed and murdered your neighbor...