Donuel, you told us:

IF you caught them in your house, a jury would excuse whatever self defense you decided to use.

Not so. You are legally entitled to use physical force only to prevent hysical harm to you and yours. If, say, a malefactor came in to steal and run, and you shot and killed him, you'd be up for murder. Same with his cousin who came in just to do malicious damage to your computer. Even if you merely broke his arm, say, to keep him from getting away out your door, you're in trouble for assault and battery.

Unless (s)he is actually in the midst of or imminently about to harm you and yours by physical violence, you are not entitled to inflict physical harm on such a malefactor, and even then, only to the extent reasonably necessary to protect yourself.

Dave Oesterreich