I see you're briefed on social engineering!
I think that the point is taken, for us Canadians, at least! (Skulemate and I).
Since they've outlawed guns in the UK, shooting an intruder will get you arrested, and charged with homicide, as well as illegal posession. Querky, but there.
From the (typical) Canadian view, I have to believe that an intruder is after possesions, not hurting/killing my family. Maybe it's naive of me, but I can't help to think that there would have to be a motive.
But it does happen.
In that light, if I found an intruder, and if I knew that he meant to hurt/kill us, and if I had a gun, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot, wether the intruder was armed or not.
But that's a pretty long "IF" list.
As already stated, there's an inherent risk in holding a weapon until this happens which to me, outweighs being equipped to respond to such an intruder with deadly force.
Things change...
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