Glen

Your scenario is what makes the USA slightly different than other western industrialized countries at the moment. That is neither good nor bad, it just is. That scenario probably does happen in Canada but chances are there would be no handgun present and available to the home owner. If you legally owned a handgun here you could not legally store it in such a fashion never mind it being loaded to boot. You cannot legally discharge a firearm in any place other than where it is legal to do so and your house ain't one of them. There are probably several more legal reason why you can't which I have forgotten. I imagine it is similar in most other western industrialized countries.

However, legalize aside and being a liberal, if placed in that situation I would likely shoot to kill. Attempting a wounding shot/shots is likely to create a miss so center of mass it is. I place a high value on human life, mine and my family's but not so much a criminals. I guess I am not a good Christian but I think I could live with the consequences.

All that said, I hope I never have to be in such a situation and there are some you can't negotiate your way out of by non violent means.

Bob