[marktwain]

Shooter not being charged, accomplice on trial.

[alloysteel]

Just like Joe Biden told us, fire off a shotgun to discourage the would-be intruders.

And keep firing until the magazine is empty, giving a person enough time to get back to a more serious sidearm like a pistol or rifle.

Continue firing until you have determined that is all the ammunition you choose to use today.

[Dr. Sivana]

“But Burns denies having known that someone might be home, saying the house looked vacant. To find Burns guilty of murder, prosecutors must prove that Burns tried to break into a house that he could have reasonably believed was occupied.”

How about felony-murder?

[mvpel]

Firing through the front door is not generally considered to be the wisest way to defend your home. It makes it very easy for the prosecutors to argue that you were not under immediate threat of great bodily harm or death, and thus were not justified in using deadly force.

[Tupelo]

“Shooter not being charged” YET

“To find Burns guilty of murder, prosecutors must prove that Burns tried to break into a house that he could have reasonably believed was occupied”

I cannot help but wonder if the prosecutors will find it easier to blame Mr Hahn because his house “looked” vacant.

[Mr. K]

", I grabbed my shotgun, and I heard the front door being pried open, so I shot through the front door.”"

OK this guy needs to have his gun taken away from him....

A simple "go away I've got a gun" would probably have worked, Shooting THROUGH a door at something you can't see is gross negligence. What if it was a simple mistaken identity case? If someone came to my house and tried to come in and it turned out he was at the wrong address I would feel kinda bad if I killed them.

[C. Edmund Wright]

…I saw “OH Niles” - and thought it was a Frasier sighting…...

[VRW Conspirator]

and I heard the front door being pried open, so I shot through the front door.”

If he waited a few more seconds, the perp would have pried open the door and come in with a pry bar (weapon) in hand. Open-shut case then, imo. I am not a lawyer; I just play one on the internet.

[Nifster]

Good this is the only type of action that should have been taken… by the home owner as well as the courts