Could I kill a home intruder?

Holy crap- what awful advice has been given here.

Generally speaking, if your life, or the life of another innocent is in danger, or if there is a threat of "grevious" bodily harm, and you cannot escape safely, you may use deadly force against another.

Most states do not require you to attempt to flee if you are in your home.

If someone has broken in your house, and they are substantially larger than you, or holding anything that looks like it could severly injure or kill you (crowbar, screwdriver, knife, etc) you will be justified in using deadly physical force.

To the idiot who said "shoot to wound", well, you're an idiot. If you are not shooting to kill, and you shoot, you just sent yourself to jail. Shooting is considered deadly force no matter where you hit them. If you "shoot to wound", and your intent was not to kill, then your life must not have been in danger, and you should not have shot.

To the other idiot who said to capture the subject and question him, are you really that nieve? DO NOT try to go hands on with someone.

You can defend yourself when someone is breaking into your home and you feel your life is in danger.

If or when you have the opportunity to arm yourself, warn the intruder that you are armed. Most will run. I know in the real world you may not always have the opportunity to give a warning. Defend yourself. The state of Texas is a conservative state that allows people to defend themselves with just cause.

My best advise is use a pump action shotgun with double OO buck. You won't miss and most people will run when they see the gun or when you rack a round into the chamber. It is a very distinctive sound.

Take a firearms course for the weapon you choose for your safety, your efficiency in the use of the weapon and understanding of the laws.

Above all else, be safe.

It is NOT legal to shoot except in self defense. Unless you have reason to believe they are a threat, NOTHING you do is self defense. Note: Spell check is not capable of putting 'shoor' instead of 'shoot'. At MOST it either failed to flag shoor as wrong, or listed BOTH are suggestions. Considering Yahoo's spell check has flagged shoor as a misspelling every time I have typed it, and 'r' is right next to 't' on a standard qwerty keyboard, I am certain YOU caused the typo.

You are lucky to live in Texas. A past answer it correct, Texas is a "castle state" merely breaking into you home or residence (and business) is grounds to use deadly force. In many states you have to wait till after they enter and then try to hurt you. Also remember that in Texas if someone is committing the act of criminal mischief (vandalism) or theft "during night hours", on your property, you can use deadly force on them. It has to be during the time of darkness. You cannot shoot someone for merely walking into your yard (trespassing) unless their actions (they are armed) cause them to become a threat to your welfare. Stay safe and practice.

You COULD make a case for killing the person even if your life wasn't being directly threatened, and it's likely you would get off on all charges. BUT it does depend on how good your lawyer is compared to the other.

That being said, you should probably just wound the person if you're a good shot. If you just hold the gun to them they would either run, or try to take the gun from you, so your best bet would be to shoot t kill, but if you're confident in your marksmanship, get them in the leg

In Texas, you are allowed to use deadly force against anyone who breaks into your home, car, or place of business or employment. You don't have to have reason to believe they're going to hurt you before you act, just as long as they entered "unlawfully and with force".

In America the victim is usually the suspect. There is a chance that the cops could burst into your house and shoot you nine times and then try to cover it up. Like this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_4owtZ8YYE

Hell no, don't Kill him/her, what if it's your Mother or Father in a Santa claus outfit? D:

Just Catch them, question them and turn them in if their suspicious.

You can ONLY if you are protecting you life, not property, and you cant shoot him in the back

Assuming the gun works then yes you could, no doubt.

I think the question you want to put is "Am I allowed?" or "May I?"