Are there any lawyers in this conversation?
The guy in the video is an attorney who practices in Wisconsin. His shingle mentions DWI charges, criminal law including gun possession cases, family law.....,
Self defense is mentioned, seemingly as a recent afterthought. BUT--very few criminal defense attorneys, even those who have practiced for decades, have any real experience in defending self defense cases involving "good guys". When there has been a use of force incident and the accused cannot credibly deny having done the deed, he is left with tying to get a self defense instruction. Not too many of them prevail. Successfully undertaking the legal defense of self defense requires knowing a lot more than having read the state law. There are higher court rulings, both within the jurisdiction and without, to analyze. More importantly, the successful defense can get into a great deal of depth involving the dynamics of use of force incidents. How long does it take to react if the attacker turns away.... how long an interval between the last and the next-to-last shot would be acceptable....can you describe and discuss that alleged "furtive movement".... what was one's basis for believing that the entry had been forcible or tumultuous...at what point in time did the defender first shoot.....
One does
not want to have the run-of-the mill criminal defense attorney, not to mention one's Cousin Vinny, at one's defense table in a self defense trial.
Now, the fact of an unlawful entry into an occupied residence does give the defense a lot of "ammunition", so to speak, but there are no guarantees...period. And even if the defender did everything strictly according to Hoyle, the probability of conviction is uncomfortably higher than zero.
Again, shooting is a last resort, It is to be done when it is necessary, but it should not be undertaken because the defender thinks it will be justified.