Originally Posted by Oldsalt66

Here in Florida if a home invader (armed or otherwise) is shot inside a residence (including a hotel room), the irrebuttable legal presumption that the intruder intended to do grievous bodily harm is on the side of the resident who can neither be charged with a crime or sued by the intruder or his surviving family members.

The same applies to carjackers when you're in your vehicle.

In stand your ground or other self defense shootings, outside of the home or vehicle, if the shooting has been determined to have been legally "a good shoot" in which the use lethal force was justified , the thug or his surviving family is not able to successfully sue for damages.

Of course laws vary by state.