Bad guys are notorious cowards. If you start dropping one after the other in 0.5 second intervals, you won't get past 4 before they're clawing at on anothers' azzes to get out of there as fast as possible. I think a man with a 7-shot .357 revolver, that knew how to use it, could handle anything short of a law enforcement major FU (wrong address on search warrant) or a drug gang that you've beat off in the past due to your skill, determination and just plain big balls...that has now decided to just blow your house up.