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Explain Like I'm Five

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I vaguely remember a story of a housecleaner getting shot for going to the wrong address and the shooter not even being charged because "I was scared" is a valid reason for killing someone ringing your doorbell in some states (sorry don't remember the source). That sounds like a right to shoot anybody.