it would take something serious to bring me to the point of shooting someone. and i hope i never am put in the position, but if i were to come upon something like that taking place or to be attacked knowing that there is someon in my neighborhood that has already committed such a violent crime i would have no problem putting a few rounds of hot lead into his carcus. IMO, "my word vs some dead mofo" is better than "my word vs his word". if im gonna be put in a situation where i have to shoot someone, i will shoot to kill. make sure you EMPTY the magazine into his ass. (its a sign that you were totally freaking out and just unloaded by instinct... vs a couple well placed shots that just subdued the attack and the mofo gets to live another day)