This is the problem when laymen try and give a legal opinion.
You don’t understand the particulars of the law.
In every state I’m aware of, a claim of self defense can NOT be made if a person is in the process of an illegal act.
If he was burglarizing a home, he can’t defend himself from being detained.
Mr. “DA,” you know perfectly well that the McMichaels had no legal justification to brandish weapons in the first place.