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"Stand your ground" and "Castle Doctrine" laws codify that there is no requirement to retreat before acting in defense of your life or someone else's. Where a vehicle sits doesn't change the fact that it is a vehicle and therefore personal property. Casp625 has posted relevant sections of the law.

Whether you are acting within the law or not is just one of the issues. The bigger question in this scenario is should you introduce deadly force from a risk versus reward perspective. Reward = recovery of personal property (car and its contents). Risks include shooting a by-stander inadvertently, damaging someone else's property, possible arrest and trial before a jury of your peers who will assess the "reasonableness" of your actions based only on the facts presented and allowed at trial. To me, personal property isn't worth the potential risks involved, and I'll do what I can to be a good witness.