[Thor]

<img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" /> Very true AGE, you are required to try and AVOID shooting someone, but in your house you do have a little leeway as theoritically you are being threatened as long as they (or he) are in there. I know of a personal situation, one of my ex bosses daughter was enrolled in College and away from home. Some drug crazied, we can only assume, male instructed her in a very loud beligerent voice to open the door,cursing and call her bad names. She told him, he probably mistook her for someone else and that she didnt know him. She got on the phone to police and told him so. He then proceeded to break the door down, he was hitting it hard, but she didnt believe he would get in, then the door swung in and she grabbed a pair of scissors that were nearby. He lunged at her and she stabbed in the upper torso and he let go of her, but immediately started getting up and coming for her again. She couldnt get passed him to leave the apartment so she retreated to a bedroom and locked the door. At this point the police are on their way. She tells him to leave and that they are coming. She also retrieves a 20 guage shotgun given to her by her father. She tells him to leave, and she has a gun. This guy proceeds to bash in the bedroom door and with the scissors in his hand and with lethal intent upon the woman he breaks the door down and comes for her. She convinces him with the shotgun that is a very bad idea by killing him. I dont think she ever found out why she was targeted by I suppose a young single women living alone was the reason. A sad story, but at least she had the presence of mind to survive and she was not afraid to shoot. She had retreated as far as humanly possible before the weapon was fired. She was not charged. Thor