In FL, I'm told the laws have just changed due to the amount and level of violence in the home invasions. No longer does the criminal have to be inside, armed and have you in a corner before you can legally use lethal force. All he has to be is on your property without a good reason. If you feel he's trespassing and you feel threatened, you can shoot to kill.

I think that's fair.

I don't think I should have to cowar in my bathtub while some guys jimmy my windows, hoping my 911 call goes through and the cops make it 20 miles and find these guys and save me.

After all, it's my house, I know it better than they do and I should have the element of surprise on my side. and the last thing these crack heads expect is some 100 lb granny firing back at them.

If they thought this was going to happen at every other house, there would be a whole lot fewer break ins.

Even back in Ohio where the laws are not like in FL, I would tell the truth. Wherever they are when I shot them, however it was. I'd rather be alive and well in jail then beaten, stabbed, raped and left for dead or have anything happen like that to my family. I seriously doubt, however, knowing the courts in my area, that I'd get much time if any, for shooting a burglar.

I'm 5'1", mid 40's, never had a speeding ticket. The judges arouund my house would understand.