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3. I wouldn't view a man taking a shower in my home as a significant ...

Mon Apr 3, 2017, 08:14 PM

Apr 2017

threat to my health or life.

I would call the police and perhaps hold the intruder at gun point until the police arrived. Of course if he rushed me I would shoot him. I am 70 years old and with a bad back and am a candidate for a hip replacement. I doubt if I could physically take on a much younger man and win. He would most likely take my weapon from me and kill me with it. Of course I would explain this to the intruder to discourage such an attack.

However this situation was definitely not self defense. From the article:

The homeowner went inside and exchanged words with Rosa, who was in the shower at the time, police said. The homeowner left the premises without calling the police and returned with a firearm, police said.

"He returned home, retrieved a firearm, came back over to the residence and fired multiple rounds into the shower ... killing the intruder," Mason County Sheriff's Lt. Travis Adams told ABC affiliate KOMO.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/homeowner-arrested-fatally-shooting-intruder-found-shower-police/story?id=46536513

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Homeowner arrested after fatally shooting intruder he found in his shower: Police [View all] Eugene Apr 2017 OP

premeditated so KT2000 Apr 2017 #1

Good. But gun lobby will help him, gunners gotta stick together. Hoyt Apr 2017 #2

I wouldn't view a man taking a shower in my home as a significant ... spin Apr 2017 #3