Zoogster said;
If you ever shoot your girlfriend's or wife's ex husband, boyfriend etc you should expect charges and to have to deal with it in court.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/offenses/expanded_information/data/shrtable_09.html
In 2006 there were 14990 total homicide victims.
123 husbands were killed by their wives.
567 wives were killed by their husbands.
115 mothers were killed by their son or daughter.
114 fathers were killed by their son or daughter.
283 sons were killed by a parent.
179 daughters were killed by a parent.
80 brothers were killed by a brother or sister.
22 sisters were killed by a brother or sister.
298 other family members were killed by a family member.
3465 were killed by an acquaintance.
339 were killed by a friend.
150 boyfriends were killed by girlfriends.
450 girlfriends were killed by boyfriends.
127 were killed by their neighbor.
13 were killed by an employee.
10 were killed by their employer.
1095 were killed by strangers.
6750 victims didn't have the relationship with their killer reported.
Reported reasons for killings also are interesting:
103 killed in romantic triangles
27 children killed by their babysitter.
107 killed in a brawl due to influence of alcohol.
51 killed in a brawl due to influence of narcotics.
198 killed in an argument over money or property.
3607 killed in other arguments.
118 killed in gangland killings.
865 in juvenile gang killings.
22 killed in institutional killings.
2 killed in sniper attacks.
2173 killed in other, not specified.
5223 killed under unknown (unreported) circumstances.
There were 241 persons killed by a private citizen during the commission of a felony.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/offenses/expanded_information/data/shrtable_14.html
If you look at the numbers and carry the trends out through the numbers of killings that have no data reported on the circumstances, you'll find that you have a much greater chance of having to use deadly force in an argument or other dispute with someone you know then of having to use it to stop the commission of a felony. Unfortunately the 'clean shoot" that everyone on the gun forums talks about is pretty rare. Expect that it will be a confusing mess. Expect to have every aspect of any relationship you have with your attacker to be scrutinized in great detail.
Jeff