Terri, I thought you guys lived in PA, not a cabin in Montana...lol.
I think I'll let my 2 boys take out the intruder. They'd probably question him to death, or force him to play for hours until he passed out from sheer exhaustion. Then I'd let my yellow lab pup use her baby teeth to torture the guy...
Is Doug a collector of home protection devices? Believe it or not, I would find it more satisfying to lay my hands on the person than use a gun. Less messy, but possibly just as deadly.