New York City is the 'center of the universe' — all other places behave!
Example: Occasionally I see "advice" that is so wretched that it demands hostile critique. A lot of this lame opinion comes from New York City, the headquarters of the so-called "alphabet media", NBC in this case.
First, we need to remember that all people residing in New York City since 1911 are subjects of the authoritarian "Sullivan Act."
Second, the crime of home invasion is not only a 'forceable felony', but it is arguably the most heinous crime on the books. A horrendous and life altering act.
Here is what the smiley faces at NBC have to say about home invasion in New York City. I suppose that "urban legends" get their name from their source. Wasp Spray? I guess that sounds like a valid solution to the warm and fuzzy crowd.
In the real world (in most of the USA), citizen's have a gun handy for this kind of problem. Home invaders are not "treat[ed] like royalty", nor should they be.
I have seen first hand how home invader's wreck lives, and I would go so far as to say that a home occupant is duty bound to shoot any outlaw caught in the act of invading their home. That's right, we should do our duty, to our neighbor and our society, by physically removing that form of incarnate evil from the face of the earth.
I can remember when a family could leave their doors unlocked without having to worry about someone coming into their home uninvited. No more.
/fl