But you can return fire if you're defending your homestead from armed assault from a public highway.
Winmag... I'd love to be there with that kind of timing, but I can't sit out in my pasture with a rifle all day on the chance that sometime someone might do something wicked. Most folk have to work and such...
I agree. But at least you'd have a certain amount of peace of mind knowing that you're prepared if something like this did happen in your presence. Attacks like this are felonies, and as much a danger as a drive-by shooting.