Bill has suffered from multiple burglaries of his cabin vacation home located in White Mountains 31 miles southeast of Show Low, Arizona. Frustrated and fed up, Bill installs a spring-gun shotgun aimed to fire at anyone opening the front door of the cabin.

In Bill's absence, a neighbor living near Bill's cabin hears a loud gunshot one evening. Upon investigation, the neighbor finds a man mortally wounded on the front stoop of the Bill's cabin, having been shot by the spring-gun shotgun.

Bill is charged with 1^st degree murder. Can Bill assert the defense of property successfully?