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In reference to the in-laws situation -- if someone is imminently threatening me, or my wife, buddy, in-laws, etc, with death or serious injury, he is going to get shot, regardless of whose house I am in. As noted above, the (more correctly described) stand-your-ground law clarifies that you don't have to try to run away first if you have a right to be where you are.

As to banging on the door... (at the risk of re-inflaming the whole would-you-shoot-through-the-door discussion):

I certainly would not start shooting solely because someone is banging, however violently, on my door. It would have to be coupled with someother indication that I am under threat of attack. For example:

Fireman/cop/neighbor hammering on the door to wake me up and tell me my house/apartment building/motel/hotel is on fire -- would be very impolite to shoot them.

Charles Manson-look-alike and six of his buddies screaming incoherently and wielding axes on my door, and I can see them through the peephole/window/surveillance camera to verify this -- yeah, there might be some shootin' about to commence.

I suspect there is more to the Carter Albrecht story than has been adequately covered in the press, but I hesitate to judge that one. As a general rule, I would not recommend shooting at loud noises at the door.

elb