I understand. However, what if after the fact you found out the person you shot, was in fact ,someone that had fallen on hard times, needed to feed his family, and simply lacked good judgement. As opposed to a drug addict or say someone simply stealing because they were too lazy to work etc. Would you shoot to kill or maim, assuming you had the skill and opportunity to choose? I had my car broken into and robbed, several times over a period of a week or so. Had I been able to I probably would have tried to beat the crap out of the person but not sure I would shoot even if it was legal.