In defense of my position, I offer the following news story. The link no longer worked for the original article, but I was able to pull it from the civilian self defense blog:
[url]http://www.claytoncramer.com/gundefenseblog/archives/2006_01_01_archive.html/url]
From the Miami Herald of January 26, 2006
Mom of 4 shoots 'naked' intruder
A woman shot a man in the stomach early Wednesday after he removed his clothes, entered her Lauderhill town house and refused to leave.
Michelle Carroll was upstairs in her Lauderhill town house when she heard her 7-year-old son yell that there was a man in the house.
Carroll rushed downstairs to see a naked man sitting on a chair in the first floor of the home, her family later said.
The man wouldn't leave, and she pulled the trigger of her handgun.
The bullet struck the man once in the stomach.
''She asked him to leave several times and then he wouldn't leave,'' said her cousin Lindey Carroll. ``He walked toward her, and she shot him.''
Someone inside the house called 911. The man ran and was outside the house when rescue workers arrived, police said.
The unidentified intruder was taken to Broward General Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition late Wednesday, said Lauderhill police Lt. Tundra King.
Police would not release the man's name on Wednesday. Detectives were interviewing the man and were trying to speak to his relatives, King said.
Police said they don't know how the man got into the beige, two-story town house in the 5900 block of Northwest 23rd Street.
The woman lives in the home with her four children, between the ages of 7 and 14.
While state records show a Michele R. Ware listed at the woman's address, family members said her name is Michelle Carroll. Police would not confirm her name.
Investigators were looking into whether one of the children in the home may have left a door or window unlocked.
When Michelle Carroll came downstairs, the front door was open, a family member said.
''We don't see any signs of forced entry,'' King said.
Police said they could not confirm that the man was naked, but bloody clothes were found outside on the sidewalk near the town house. The man did not know her, King said.
''She was protecting her kids,'' Lindey Carroll said.
Michelle Carroll was too upset to talk about the incident, Lindey Carroll said.
``She's just trying to calm down and settle down. She is scared.''
It was unclear whether anything was stolen from the home, and no charges had been filed as of Wednesday night.
The incident occurred in a safe neighborhood full of families, said Marie Egleton, whose mother lives on the street.
''It's a lot of families that live down this row, and everyone looks out for everyone's children,'' she said.
Note, he was naked, and made no threatening moves. He did walk toward her, but hey, maybe he just wanted a hug. Maybe his self esteem was low that day...
