Many states require you to flee your home when invaded. Those people are ruled by idiots.
If you can reasonably believe (note I said “can” not “do”) that your well being is threatened: fire away.
As to I bear some responsibility to lock my doors, nope. Neither am I responsible for keeping a moat around my house.
“”Neither am I responsible for keeping a moat around my
house.””
Not yet anyway! And yes, we are ruled by idiots. I don’t care if the person is trying to steal my car in my driveway or in a parking lot or forcing their way into my house - HE/SHE/IT does not belong there PERIOD!! What could be more simple?
Why can’t we have common sense laws? Why do these “idiots” think horse thieves got strung up in the old west? No different - the horses were the property of the owners and property counted for something THEN...