i would have told him to lay flat on the ground and not move a g** damn inch towards me or i would blow off his f***ing head.
this relates to my other thread.
if you can hold him at your house, by law how would this be different from a thief at a store you work at?
especially since there was no proof of the man in the OPs response proving he stole something, or did anything other than break in where as in my thread there was clear proof he stole something.
this is why i thought it may be reasonable to hold someone.
exactly why i posed the question in the other thread. it seems to me that these situations could be similar.
not trying to beat a dead horse or start anything, this is just another legitimate question pertaining to the law.