Yes, and if you shoot blindly at a noise you could give away your position and draw fire. Moreover blasting away in the dark endangers other occupants of the building as well as neighbors.
The right to arm ones self isn't all manly shoulder-swinging and fun. Keeping a gun carries with it great responsability. The first responsability of packing heat is KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SHOOTING AT.
I don't know about you, but my bedroom is illuminated enough at night (between my clock and a night-light I have so I don't bang into furniture getting to the bathroom) that I can make out the shape of an intruder well enough to accurately aim, even if not illuminated enough to see who it is.
In the darkness, they shouted to warn the intruder to leave and that they had a gun, but Ripple continued walking through the bedroom, and Justice fired one shot, police said.
Upon being challenged, this was the opportunity for an intruder to freeze and declare peaceful intentions. She apparently did not. Her loss.
In this case, it’s just he and his wife, and his wife is with him, so she is accounted for.
Obviously, if everyone in the house is not accounted for, you wouldn’t shoot first.
If you are an idiot, then you should sell your guns.