As far as I know the owner of property has no legal right to kill a person either traspassing or stealing it in any of the 50 states. There was a [...] In Maryland you have the responsibility to retreat if possible when [...] You certainly do not have the right to use deadly force against someone for any other reason than immediate threat of life or limb to you or someone else.
Being a freedom loving, gun owner, with an interest in maintaining both my rights to guns, and my right to cryto, I am saddened to see that you have to retreat at all. As far as I am concerned, if I am in my house, and someone uninvited is in there also (burglar/thief/psycho/whatever) then I have already sufficiently retreated.. and they will likely be shot. Anyone invading my home is considered a threat to my wife, children and myself. I had heard that in the state of Texas, intruders/trespassers are at their own risk after sundown, as it is legal to fire upon them at that point, regardless of thier intent.. I have not been able to confirm this, as of yet.. but am looking for the answer in my meager spare time. RobL