re: Let's keep an eye on this one.....

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please do, its ashamed that you can't protect yourself and your property without some fallout or worry of civil litigation in situations like this.

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Armed Citizens, although there are no guarantees, the law in Louisiana does give you some of the more strongly-worded protections that I've seen on the books:

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LSA-R.S. 9:2800.19

West's Louisiana Statutes Annotated Currentness
Louisiana Revised Statutes
Title 9. Civil Code Ancillaries
Code Book III. Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things
Code Title V. Of Quasi Contracts, and of Offenses and Quasi Offenses
Chapter 2. Of Offenses and Quasi Offenses (Refs & Annos)
§ 2800.19. Limitation of liability for use of force in defense of certain crimes

A. A person who uses reasonable and apparently necessary or deadly force or violence for the purpose of preventing a forcible offense against the person or his property in accordance with R.S. 14:19 or 20 is immune from civil action for the use of reasonable and apparently necessary or deadly force or violence.

B. The court shall award reasonable attorney fees, court costs, compensation for loss of income, and all expenses to the defendant in any civil action if the court finds that the defendant is immune from suit in accordance with Subsection A of this Section.

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The second part is important as it would likely dissuade any ambulance chasers (who usually operate on a shoe-string budget anyway) from taking the case, and would greatly help you retain competent counsel.