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I believe that if you can retreat with complete safety to yourself and others (when and how this happens you can decide in your own mind) then you are morally obligated to do so.
Shooting someone is a last resort.
LAST resort.
Last means that it is final, there are no other options after it. That means that if retreat is an option then it comes BEFORE shooting.
Besides the moral implications, there are legal, financial, social and mental reasons to do everything possible to avoid shooting someone.
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Pete. To me the decision is not based on moral grounds but on a practical one. If I have a viable and safe option for me and my family I will take it but not because I care for the agresor/intruder. I couldn't care less. The safety of my family comes first. No shootout is safer than a shootout. No confrontation is safer than a confrontation. Even if you rightfully kill someone in self defense the consecuences are horrible emotionally and economically.