I certainly agree with Sparkie about the quality of the thread. We can disagree without being civil. Let's just make sure nobody suggests feeding the nine year old during the winter.
I agree my first step would not to be pull a gun on an adult either just because they were at my place.
I wouldn't pull or even show a firearm unless I was in fear for my life and prepared to use it at that moment. At least in TN, just showing a firearm during a confrontation is enough to get charged with aggravated assault. You might beat the charge, depending on the circumstances, but do you really want to spend some time in jail and pay tens of thousands of dollars just for that? Friend of mine got into some road rage shenanigans a couple of years ago, pulled off the road into a KFC, two guys got out of the other car without any weapons, started walking toward him, he has a CC and pulled, did not point it at anyone....guess who got arrested? He beat it before it went to court, but jeez, life is too damn short to waste time and money on that kind of crap.
I realize that having people come onto our own property is a different situation....but not that much so when it comes to how the law regards firearms and confrontations, for all that the press castigages "stand your ground" legislation.
