Although I can't blame the person for this, no, you can't and it's called attempted murder or murder! Hopefully you have a dog(s) as they are the best protectors of your property. Set a trap for this looter and tie the sucker up and dump him off at the police station. Either that or get a shot gun and fill it full of rock salt and let him have a butt full of that. It won't kill him, but that rock salt burns and takes a long time to stop burning.
If it was self defense, yes. (it depends on which state you're in.)
You can only use deadly force to save your life
No. The only LEGALLY justifiable shooting is in self-defense or in defense of another person.
You can only legally shoot someone in Texas if they are on your property and doing something that breaks the law.
No.
Someone gets shot and killed in the shop by accident when the person who shot was trying to shoot someone else.
Until they say so
The animal that you are trying to find and shoot
only if you are a mass-hole
In civilised parts of the world, the answer is not legally.
It depends on where you are. In most U.S. states, you can legally shoot a firearm at a shooting range, or outside the city limits in some counties.
You aim at the person on the and shoot him or her