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Someone kicks in my door, fi they managed to get past the security better have a uniform on that says Police and they better be identifying themselves at the same time, I might not shoot under those conditWe need to do something to stop all the killing of police officers. In 2019 alone, 44 LEOs lost their lives to firearms in the US, which is almost as many as the 200,000+ citizens who have been killed by COVID-19.
Up to three--three!--more could have been killed when they burst into the home of Breonna Taylor earlier this year while issuing a no-knock warrant. Her boyfriend did not even stop to ask whether these invaders were officers of the law! And now, with today's decision to indict one of the officer with wanton endangerment, police are going to have to fear for their lives that someone who has no clue that they're LEO home invaders instead of regular home invaders!
But there is a simple way to fix this: Modify the castle doctrine so that anyone who is being burglarized at home MUST first confirm that the invaders are not LEOs. They can't just ask them, because of course they would say "yes." They must wait for clear proof one way or the other. They can't rely on a lack of uniforms, otherwise the officers who murdered Ms. Taylor could have been legally killed. Her boyfriend, Kenneth, should have been expected to possess the supernatural powers necessary to immediately deduce that they were plainclothes officers. If he didn't have those powers which any person on the receiving end of police violence should be retroactively expected to have, then he should have asked them. He should have asked, in a calm voice, whether these three LEOs who could have instantly taken his life, too, were actually LEOs.
Everyone who claims to support the Second Amendment should enthusiastically support this proposal that will increase the already very high standards of justice in America!
Or like this?Not even close. That would be a hasty assumption on your part.
This is the internet, it isn't combat. I'm cool as a cucumber buddy boy.
You mean my home which is not a criminal enterprise? Not a place where I use drugs, sell drugs, buy drugs or have anyone ever at my home involved in any of those or any other crimes?
Defense is more than just what you may be required to do in a split second. Besides the aforementioned lack of criminal lifestyle or activity at my home (including my family), my home is well protected out beyond the confines of it's four walls. My readiness to defend my home means someone first needs to approach it, and that means breaching a locked gate, coming up a well lighted path/drive that has surveillance; dealing with a couple of well trained dogs----and then without any ability even to knock on my front door, stand exposed in the possible line of fire by another gate at my porch which prevents anyone from coming to the door anyway. So I figure most criminals would just move on looking for lower hanging fruit. And if for some quirky reason the police were interested in talking to me, they would probably just call me on the phone don't you think? Or push the call button on the gate by the street and ask me to come out. And if they were "really interested" in me.... they would just wait until I left the house to buy milk or something---- you know, like good police work.
But I don't see that as having any high probability do you? Police generally aren't too interested in law abiding folk. I don't associate with criminals, my children are more squeaky clean than Mormon kids on bikes; I don't beat my wife, and I pay my taxes. Don't have any ex's that are prior convicted drug dealers "picking up packages" at my home while under police surveillance. None of the cars registered in my name are ever parked at night at known local drug houses.
Starting to get the picture?
Yeah, you keep repeating that. Well, I may not be a rocket surgeon, but I'm not rotting in a grave right now either due to poor life choices, so at least give me credit for that.
Great! Hang on to it. Maybe put it under your pillow tonight and see if the lib fairy comes and puts a shiny Susan B Anthony dollar under your pillow?
Fort Worth Officer Kills Woman In Her Bedroom In Response To 'Open Structure Call'
Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot early Saturday morning after police in Texas responded to a neighbor's nonemergency call upon seeing her front door open. Community activists are demanding answers.
www.npr.org
Starting to get the picture now?