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Originally Posted by MThomas
Obviously, the only two alternatives are either blowing his head off or trying to talk some common sense into him....
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I'll pass on option 2. I somehow think that the tea, biscuits & cosy chat approach might not work.
There are other alternatives, by the way. For example having good locks on your doors, including internal doors, a burglar alarm perhaps and being fastidious about security. That way no one is likely to break into your home in the first place. Perhaps gun owners in the USA are a bit slack with the physical security of their homes because they can always rely on their gun.
In the UK you are likely to have your firearms certificate revoked if you threaten an intruder with a gun. It also seriously ups the ante. Consider if your threat with a loaded gun goes unheeded. You then are left with the choice of being disarmed and possibly shot. The other option is to open fire and end up on a murder or unlawful killing charge.