 Thanks, Colonel. Sir Edward Coke, a famous 17th century jurist, coined the following phrase, a man's home is his castle. And apparently, that's still true, even in the liberal state of California, which is not known to be overly friendly to private firearm ownership. After reading the details of this altercation, it's obvious to me that this California man did everything he could to reasonably escape harm and thereby avoid using deadly force.