Yes. Inside the house is piercing a fatal barrier. You are correct to assume if someone is in your house they mean to do you great bodily harm. Fire away...make the first shot count, no sloppiness!
As for the statement from the DA office, I disagree and if I were the homeowner I’d be lawyered up yesterday because it sure as heck *does* look like they’re looking for something to mollify the bad people in the community. Discharging a firearm inside the city limits is a serious crime.
I am in complete agreement with that. Regardless of how the DA acted, I would get a lawyer and speak only through him from the get go.
Let me revise my thought on the intention of the DA based on his statement.
Even if the homeowner violated some law against a warning shot, or some other esoteric law, the DA has the discretion not to charge him.
Rereading the statement with that in mind, yes it does sound like the DA is looking for some way to stick it to the homeowner. Since the *victim* (homeowner) is obviously not a danger to the community, the only purpose for doing so would be to make an example of him to deter others from defending their homes.