Seriously man?
If you suspect someone is breaking into your garage while you're at work, it wouldn't even cross your mind to pretend like you were out, while you were actually home to find out who the **** is stealing your shit? Or would you file a police report instead? Maybe they'll protect your and your property.
Nope, I'm going to do my own investigating.
You guys are forgetting that these people INTENTIONALLY are BREAKING INTO HIS HOME. UNINVITED. UNWANTED.
The only part I semi agree with you on is the creepy part, I still don't understand 24 hour wait before he reported it. But that has nothing to do with premeditated murder.
Ok, maybe what I said was confusing.
Investigating != Executing. Did the gang in Scooby Doo execute Old Man Jones because he was haunting/trespassing in the old mansion? NO ! because that would be messed up and super creepy. Although frankly if they had executed Scrappy Doo I would have been fine with that.
Sorry, I realize thats a piss poor argument but so is "They broke into his house, of course he can shoot them like that!" That's akin to saying it's ok to start a bar fight with a guy who punched you out last week. And then using it as justification for shooting him because he started it. AFAIK US Law applies to both places with some modification.
Didn't any of you cowboys watch Shane? The scene with Jack Pallance "Pick up the gun...." BANG! "You saw him, he had a gun." I realize in the gritty 2010s that anti-heros are the rage now adays but he was the bad guy.