[RickM]

In NJ you have to make sure you use every means to escape or avoid a confrontation with an intruder. If you do shoot someone make sure they're in the house and the bullet isn't in their back. If they drop outside drag them back into the house. It has to be a last resort of SELF DEFENSE. Reality? Not sure. Probably alot of variables here. But that's what a detective told me a few years ago.

I'll stand my ground and protect my interests on my terms, thank you. I'd deal with the aftermath one way or the other.