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This seems like an obvious case when you have four robbers where it would be useful to have a sizable magazine in your gun.  From MLive: For the second time in four years, Paul Medawar Fine Jewelry has thwarted a robbery attempt – this time, apparently leaving at least one of the robbers with gunshot wounds. . . . Police said two people inside Medawar shot at the robbers, who fled after breaking into a jewelry case. Police believed that at least one suspect had been shot, but that hasn't been confirmed. Witnesses reported the unnamed victims of the robbery had fired shots at the robbers, injuring at least one of them.  . . . . During a robbery on Oct. 5, 2010, Paul Medawar secretly called police when robbers came in the store. That day, he dialed 911 on his office phone, triggering a police response that left robbers rushing out of his store. He spoke briefly to a dispatcher before a robber found him and told him to hang up. He and his son, David, and a store manager, were to...

Police have determined that the person acted in self-defense.  From the Chicago Tribune: A 53-year-old South Austin man with a valid concealed carry permit was able to shoot at two men who tried to accost him outside of his home early this morning.   The incident happened about 2:40 a.m. on the 5400 block of West Van Buren Street, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan.  The man was walking from his garage to the front of his home when two males in hoodies appeared in a gangway between his home and the neighbor's home, Sullivan said.  One of the two men pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed at the man who took out his own gun and managed to fire several times at the males, Sullivan said. The males fled the area without being struck and the shooting did not result in any property damage, police said. . . . .

Fox 2 News Headlines From WJBK in Detroit ( Posted: Apr 17, 2014 7:23 AM EDT ): Detroit police say a break-in suspect who was shot by homeowner has died after crashing a getaway vehicle into a nearby home. Sgt. Michael Woody says two people tried to break into the home . . . early Thursday through a window and a third was sitting in the vehicle. Woody says the homeowner shot at the suspects, who returned fire. He says the person in the vehicle was hit and the two other suspects fled on foot. FOX 2's Roop Raj reports a woman in the home that was crashed into was injured. Police didn't immediately say whether the gunfire or crash killed the suspect. . . . Raj confirms this is the seventh home invader shot in 2014 and the fourth in the last six weeks. . . .