If someone broke into my house I'd probably call the police and then grab a baseball bat and go to town on him.
But did he do the right thing? Well, it was his neighbor's house that was being broke into, so he can't claim self-defense in my mind. The best thing he could have done was call the police and wait for them to arrive. But if he went over with his gun even then, he should have only hold them at gun-point, shooting only if it looked like they were pulling a weapon.
Of course, that's a hypothetical situation. But I think he did the wrong thing for the right reasons.
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