[45Auto]

"...to suggest there are options for dealing with intruders other than splitting their skulls

Like, maybe, putting several 230 grain hardball "pills" into the bastard's gut.

Sometimes there may be options, but I sure as hell am not going to wait around too long to try and figure them out. If some dipstick is breaking into my house any time of the day or night, and I happen to be there, its a 50/50 chance that the dipstick is going out in a bag. I don't fire warning shots.

[MarkL]

Depending on what's closest, someone entering my home, without my permission, late an night, would hear me say, "Stop or you'll die," and then hear the bolt drop on a Benelli Super 90 12ga, or nothing, as a S&W 625, loaded with 200gr CCI/Speer Lawmen .45ACP is brought to bear.

Mark