He then asked if I was willing to shoot someone over my xbox.
I told him, "The xbox was besides the point. We are talking about a person intruding into my house at night with my family present. Hell yes, I'd shoot him. It's the principle of the thing. I'd shoot a hole in my xbox without blinking to do it."
Doesn't match this.
https://halakhah.com/gittin/gittin_57.html
Check footnote 3. Similar to the Bible, it seems that there are different versions.
Yes, and translations. And traditionally, you generally need teachers to explain many of the metaphors and arguments.