On a totally different level, I was 17 and at home on summer break. Parents were gone and I stepped out to check the mail and sa a strange man run out of my neighbors house with a armfull of guns and toss them in his back seat of the car. Then he ran back in. I ran and grabbed the Model 12 Winchester and came back out with it pointed in that direction. He cam back out with more guns and as I approached I hollered to "stop". He ran and jumped in the car that was running and grabbed reverse. I debated about filling his radiator with lead so he wouldnt make it far (summer time and hot weather). I didnt shoot because I knew that would break all sorts of laws. When officers showed up and took my statement, they told me I should have put 2 rounds into his grill/radiator and the rest into the drivers side windshield. Yes I would have broken the law by doing so but they would have had their man. And they told me I should have.Local officials will, but this would be a violation of federal law. The feds may not be so forgiving, i understands the concept of why they shouldn’t ....but you can’t guarantee they wouldn’t.