This happened literally round the corner from my house.
In my view, you break into someone else's home, especially armed, then you deal with the consequences. You can't moan when you threaten somebody's life in their own home where their children live and end up getting stabbed yourself.
Its the people leaving flowers for the scumbag who died outside the house that sickens me. If I was the man who lived there, I'd make a bonfire out of all the tributes and burn the lot of them shouting GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH!
If I knew the man who died, I'd be more ashamed than anything.
The man had a wife and kid, he had every right to protect himself and his family by whichever means necessary. Who says the 2 burglars wouldn't have knifed him and then his family? If they are low enough to rob a house then I wouldn't put it past either of them. The more scumbags that are off our streets, the safer the world is for us. I really hope the man in question walks, if not there'll be an outcry.
To put it into perspective, if I was sitting down on a Saturday night and I had a knock on my door by 2 no-good scallies with knives, I'd murder the f*** out of both of them for interrupting X-Factor. I hope he burns in hell, if he'd have walked 2 minutes round the corner, it might have been my house he'd have knocked on and I guarantee they'd have both suffered the same fate.