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It doesn't help, either, that calling the cops and getting someone arrested is essentially inviting the bad guy to seek revenge when his lawyer gets him a get-out-of-jail-free card.
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This implies that unless you kill the guy, the problem isn't over, that was my gripe there.
Beyond that, the situations where people were jailed in UK were ones where they clearly weren't in personal danger yet still used or attempted to use deadly force. I don't think that's right, if someone is running away I don't give a fuck if they pissed on your cat and smashed your family photos, you shouldn't have the right to kill them. Same again, if you see some guy breaking into your car I don't think you should be able to empty a clip into him. If he turned around and came at you with a knife it's another story. In situations where you are in personal danger you are permitted to use deadly force until the threat is gone. In the UK that isn't in the vast majority of situations going to be a firearm, it could however be one of many other objects capable of killing someone. If someone came at me yes, I would almost certainly try and disable them in a way that would also kill them.
To nail this real nice and hard. If I was in say, Switzerland where I could quite reasonably and would probably own and have with me a pistol: Let's game it. I wake up, hear a noise, take out the gun, get up and go hunting, walk into living room, see a guy there. If he comes at me, I'm going to shoot him till he stops coming at me, if he runs off, I'm just going to make sure he's gone and call the cops.
I guess in short I value life, including criminals, higher than property.