I think you would agree that it's not that hard to drag out an old geezer that's snoring after he's spent a couple three days on full alert.  He's human, he's not a spring chicken, and he's not going to stay awake forever.  That's an undisputed fact.

And when you say "have to deal with him" do you really mean "if you need to forcibly escalate the issue"?.  Musser went from a grumpy old geezer that mishandled a firearm when the tree idiots wouldn't leave and then moved on to a grumpy old geezer resisting arrest and from there to a grumpy old geezer executed in his house, all for having chased off a couple wood cutters that weren't quite sharp enough to leave when asked.  

Shoot bad guys right out from under their hair and I'll applaud but execute old geezers for poorly handling a private property matter... eh, no.

And if you have to goad them into an over the top response such that you can feel justified in executing the old boot... eh, no.  That's uncalled for.