In response to:
in my state of Mass, she'd be arrested and charged with murder
It seems as though real life examples of guns saving -- rather than taking -- innocent life go largely unreported (or flat-out ignored) in the mainstream media. Therefore, I have decided to post the following must-read story in its entirety (via Cameron Gray):
A woman hiding in her attic with children shot an intruder multiple times before fleeing to safety Friday.The incident happened at a home on Henderson Ridge Lane in Loganville around 1 p.m. The woman was working in an upstairs office when she spotted a strange man outside a window, according to Walton County Sheriff Joe...
She also had her children there.
I can't see any jury convicting her,and it's even hard to imagine a judge that would.