But we must be very careful about how the events are interpreted.
If you keep a gun loaded ready for use even though it be in an approved gun cabinet. The law could argue that you premeditated the use of the gun for your defence no matter what the circumstances may be, BIG can of worms lots of lawyer argument. So to keep on the correct side of the law as soon as the low life started to smash the door or windows to gain entry you run to your gun cabinet assemble the gun and confront them. But then even if you were in fear of your life and you shot someone, and their only weapon was a screwdriver more legal problems for you, no need to use deadly force. It is a very big step to shoot a person or persons breaking into your home here in the UK. HEADS the prosecution WINS, TAILS you LOOSE. So you had better have your story very straight indeed when the Legal Shit hits the fan.