Question on the Castle Doctrine part of the law:
Does garage count as part of the house/castle? You have no duty to retreat if you are inside your home/occupied domicile- if I recall the wording of the law correctly. So if the garage counts, then no, the homeowner doesn't need to run back into the house and wait for LE to arrive (and how long could that be? 12+min)- gunpoint or even shooting is justified (again, IIRC).