“Shelter in Place” is no different from the “Freeze” desensitization order issued by the TSA. Now the public is expected to “Freeze” over vast areas that are not even part of the search. Even public transit is halted. It’s sort of a mini martial law without the legal support. The other part of the Shelter in Place was the door-to-door searches by law enforcement. Imagine if that happened in your neighborhood. Would you welcome the SWAT team into your home? Maybe next time the authorities would pull a Shelter in Place for less dangerous reasons, like rounding up illegal firearms.
That's what many are asking themselves. I can see asking that people stay indoors for their own safety and so the cops can canvas the neighborhood. Letting them in my house.... that is a slippery slope. Will they be coming back to confiscate x,y,z they saw that I had? Will they plant something illegal and frame me later? If we become immune to letting them in without warrants in emergency situations then will they think they can come in any time they wish without reason and during non-emergency situations. Who defines a what an emergency is?
That has been on my mind too. The 4th and 5th Amendments seem to be all but dead now. Hopefully a significant percentage of the population would consider a "Shelter In Place" order for gun confiscation to be a more dangerous reason and immediately take action to make it more dangerous. By an order of magnitude.