Ever wonder what the phsycological impact on the householder is when they kill someone trying to burgle them? I don't think that much of the bravado being bandied around on here is going to stop that haunting you for the rest of your life.

Look at veterans from the various wars over the years, they've seen enough killing and bloodshed to affect them for the rest of their lives - and that was with a reasonable cause/reason (at least to them), is protecting your stuff worth that?

Can't say that I'd ever want to be in that position.

Paul.