Originally Posted By: BobS


and I'm not sure what you mean by graduated response, if someone breaks in and you are in fear for yours and your families live. You point a gun at the problem guy and tell them to stop, if they don’t, you shoot (to kill) to protect your live. No graduation about it, stop or die, that’s it.


It never hurts to have options. What if the "problem guy" was a disoriented alzheimer's patient in pajamas who thought he was home? Target identification is a necessity, as is a plan to deal with lesser threats.