Seriously? You've just changed the scenario completely.
If the person trying to steal my beans will go away if I say "stop I have a gun" or simply barricade my door then I'm sure as hell not shooting them. It's a last resort.
I am hoping to never need to use my emergency kit again.
Also, you should talk to cops about pepper spray, tasers, etc. and how often they fail.
And you should talk to cops about the effectiveness of attackers with blades against a trained officer with a holstered weapon closer than 21 feet. But both those and the pepper spray/taser fails are outliers, they are not the norm.
In a last resort, I don't want my attacker using my weapon against me, and if they can, I don't want it to be fatal. Which is why I don't carry knives for self defense, even though i'm trained in eskrima.
If the person trying to steal my beans will go away if I say "stop I have a gun" or simply barricade my door then I'm sure as hell not shooting them. It's a last resort.
I am hoping to never need to use my emergency kit again.
Also, you should talk to cops about pepper spray, tasers, etc. and how often they fail.