Lethal force can’t be used by an individual to protect property - just for self defense. Even then you have to be in fear for your life or the life of others.
So, they could only shoot if their lives were threatened.
If I'm standing on a rooftop and some miscreant has a molotov cocktail, do I have to wait until the building under me is in flames or can I drop them and let them stew in their own juices?
83 posted on 11/30/2014 1:45:51 AM PST by Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)