Regarding shooting people who just break in your property, you really do have to have a reasonable fear of harm or death first.
If you're just laying in wait on them there could be some problems down the road if someone thinks you are telling a tall tale.
But shooting the cops while they are there with their guns blazing shooting your dogs ~ they'll plug you before you move a foot.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
I'm hardly the only Freeper that has made comments like that, however. Many of us are fed up with the idea that police think they have the right to come into our homes and shoot our dogs. I read about one case in Alameda County, California where police reportedly threatened a paraplegic by saying that if he didn't let them search their house for dogs without a warrant, that they'd get a warrant, and go shoot his dogs that they knew he'd owned. What do you think about that? What will it take for you to realize that they are out of control? They are getting fatter and better paid (thanks to taxpayers) every day. They are drunk on power and think that us citizens are simple "civilians." When did they become a militarized force that allowed them to refer to non-LEO personnel as simply "civilians." The only people that we should consider to be non-civilians in this country are active duty members of the military. To exclude others from the civilian class is to accord them a special power. The military needs that power and respect to do good around the world, and they are accountable to the powers that be. The police are accountable to no one.