Great post! There have been some very wise replies. I know of a case in Nashville TN, where an intruder broke into a home and the home owner shot him but only wounded him. When to police arrived the intruder claimed that the home owner had invited him into his home for drinks, they had gotten into an argument and the home owner shot him.
Now the homeowner was suspected of attempted murder. The story didn't stick but it could have.

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