And I'm posting to tell you, that you're full of shit.

When we were just dating, my wife lived in Pittsburgh's Hill District. Anybody from the area, nows about the "Hill". Guy broke into her house from the kitchen, and we were right on the other side of the door. I had my Star .40, and I yelled that I was armed, and whoever it was retreated. So there's one instance right there.
Edit to add: Yes, even after serving in Desert Storm etc, I was still pretty scared....

Two: My uncle shot a guy at almost point blank in the chest with a 10 gauge shotgun up in wexford about 18 years ago. Guy was coming up the steps, and was armed, though my uncle didn't know it at the time. My uncle turned the corner of the hallway, pointed and fired. He new it was an intruder, cause his room was the last in their hallway and he checked his 3 kids(my cousins) rooms as he crept down the hallway. It never even went to court as the police found a .25 in the man's posession.

So there you go. Call me a liar or full of it if you want, but it happened.

You never hear the story in the news because that would paint a positive picture for handgun ownership and the media can't have that......