Gentlemen,
Over in the legal section there was a thread entitled "Rise of the Resistance: Restoration of the Castle Doctrine" (or something close to that. The thread is now closed but can be seen here:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=649413
I presume that the moderators closed the thread because it got very heated. I found the thread to be very troubling at two levels: The first of these (constitutional) concerns was obviously widely shared by many members, because it was widely discussed. I suspect that it was the vehemence of this discussion between regular citizens and one or more contributors who are LEOs) that caused the thread to be locked.
My SECOND level of concern however, was not addressed. Or if it was, I totally missed it.
Let's assume that you're a totally boring, placid (but armed and prudent) homeowner. You have no skeletons in your closet. You're asleep in your bed.
You're awakened by the sound of your door being kicked in. One or more armed "officers" come boiling through the door shouting "POLICE! HANDS UP!"
How do you react? There appear to be some number of well documented cases (even youtube clips) of "FBI" or "DEA" "agents" making forced entries. But they're not police. They are in fact criminals masquerading as such.
If you hesitate all is lost. If you open fire you possibly will die, or will kill an officer, and, if so, will be prosecuted in the unlikely event that you survive.
One of the VERY eye opening links published by a contributor to that thread is the following:
http://www.cato.org/raidmap/
So, what would YOU do? No matter what you do, it's the "luck of the draw" (pun intended).
V
Over in the legal section there was a thread entitled "Rise of the Resistance: Restoration of the Castle Doctrine" (or something close to that. The thread is now closed but can be seen here:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=649413
I presume that the moderators closed the thread because it got very heated. I found the thread to be very troubling at two levels: The first of these (constitutional) concerns was obviously widely shared by many members, because it was widely discussed. I suspect that it was the vehemence of this discussion between regular citizens and one or more contributors who are LEOs) that caused the thread to be locked.
My SECOND level of concern however, was not addressed. Or if it was, I totally missed it.
Let's assume that you're a totally boring, placid (but armed and prudent) homeowner. You have no skeletons in your closet. You're asleep in your bed.
You're awakened by the sound of your door being kicked in. One or more armed "officers" come boiling through the door shouting "POLICE! HANDS UP!"
How do you react? There appear to be some number of well documented cases (even youtube clips) of "FBI" or "DEA" "agents" making forced entries. But they're not police. They are in fact criminals masquerading as such.
If you hesitate all is lost. If you open fire you possibly will die, or will kill an officer, and, if so, will be prosecuted in the unlikely event that you survive.
One of the VERY eye opening links published by a contributor to that thread is the following:
http://www.cato.org/raidmap/
So, what would YOU do? No matter what you do, it's the "luck of the draw" (pun intended).
V