Agreed on all counts. It's one of those things that's made its way into popular culture that's almost always a terrible idea from a legal standpoint. There's a

Agreed on all counts. It's one of those things that's made its way into popular culture that's almost always a terrible idea from a legal standpoint. There's also the infamous case of the FL woman who initially received a 20 year sentence for firing warning shots at her estranged husband. She won a new trial on appeal, so we'll see how that turns out. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/10/22255312-florida-woman-given-20-years-for-firing-warning-shot-wont-return-to-jail-ahead-of-new-trial http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/10/22255312-florida-... It's definitely unfortunate that it works out like that, but using a firearm in any sort of aggressive manner is deadly force legally, and you better be well and sure you're justified in doing so or you're going to be in a world of hurt with your local prosecutor.