"Not just a burglar. He's violent."

I found this at Ambulance Driver, who writes,

Here’s the problem with capitulation and non-escalation: the criminal is the one who gets to decide how far it goes. The criminal is the one who gets to decide whether to be satisfied with your wallet and your flat-screen television, or your life.

Sorry, but if he’s already committed to the threat of violence to unlawfully relieve me of my property, especially in my own home, I’m not placing any faith in his goodwill or sense of restraint.

I’m going to shoot until slide lock, and then I’m going to reload and be ready to shoot some more.

If the law allowed me to hang his corpse outside as a warning to other would-be criminals, I’d do that, too.