well thats why you shoot to kill ;)Im pretty sure the threatened rule only applies to your property or land, If someone comes inside your house with out being allowed or invited(I.E. you dont open the door for them) then you have in your right to use whatever force you deem necessary to defend yourself.
If an unarmed teenage girl enters your house without your permission and your a armed adult male and you shoot her then your probably gonna get in trouble. But if your an armed teenage girl and you shoot a adult male unlawfully entering your house then you would probably be ok.

Forget all the nonsense about guns. Unless this show is misleading, the thugs who robed Marks Flat in this episode and the punks in the first few episodes where just a bunch of kids. Forget that! These guys deserved to have there house robed for being twats. Are you not allowed to own cricket bats in The UK? No need for guns when you have a louisville slugger. There is nothing intimidating about these kids, I could have handled them with my bear hands. I live in Philadelphia kids like this wouldn't even have the balls to hang with the type of criminal I've had the luxury to encounter. I don't care if this comment makes Americans look like Dicks, at least we are not a bunch of pussy's getting f*cked and then rolling over and asking for more. Aside for this one point. I do love this show, but I really hope that the stereotypes presented in Peep Show are not an accurate reflection of what it's like to be a Brit.

That really is an over simplification of the 'laws' here in the states. LOL We don't all have guns and shoot at anyone who comes onto our property. If someone comes onto your property and 'threatens you' and you do shoot them, there will be a full investigation by the authorities. If they find you did feel threatened then charges are usually not filed, but you can't just say 'he was on my property and I felt threatened so I shot his ass'.

It is actually true.

In some states? must be a hillbilly

Wow, thanks for making Americans look like assholes.