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GrandSporTA wrote:I thought when I took my class that if you pull your gun, you might as well shoot, because its a pretty big crime to just pull your gun on someone, even with a CHL. Am I wrong?

It is not a crime to pull it and not shoot. I pulled mine and the burglar ran. I didn't feel it was necessary to shoot him.

I was just happy that I wasn't stupid enough to pull the trigger. You never know what you are going to do until you have drawn...

Was visiting at my brothers house a few weeks ago. My brother, his wife and my son were at the pool while I stayed behind in the computer room.
Heard pounding on the front door, ignored it. If it was them, they could come in because they knew it was unlocked. Heard someone yelling, "Is anyone home"? Ignored that too. They could just go away.
Next thing I hear is someone making noises in the living room. I walk out and see some skinny fool bent over my brothers big-screen TV feverishly pulling wires out with his back to me.
I said something in a querying mode that was mildly obscene and the guy turned around with a look of surprise that must have equalled mine. Unfortunately he had a cable in his hand and decided that it would make a fine impromptu weapon to threaten me with. My immediate thought was "never bring a TV power cable to a gunfight" and brought out my Glock 27 from my Crossbreed holster located at my 3 o'clock and pointed it at him. He then divested himself of the cable and ran out the front door, leaving me in the proverbial dust.
It never occurred to me to try and "capture" him.