Larry Blanchard wrote:

And if he's outside - drag him inside!

No, no, no! How would you explain the trail of blood?

The location of the assaulter is irrelevant. Whether he's in your bedroom or
across the street shooting at you with a rifle, you almost always have the
right (and I would say the duty) to respond with lethal force.

It's the imminence of the threat, not its location of the perp, that
determines.

If, for example, you shoot through the door, your explanation to the cops
goes something like this:

"He was pounding on the door! He screamed he had an axe and was going to
chop down the door! He screamed when he got through the door he was going to
chop me! Then I, in fear of my life, discharged my weapon..."