[rlmorel]

I am willing, without knowing the whole story, to give the cops a little slack.

You get a 9/11 call that there is an armed assailant, so you send a car. On the way, there are reports that shots are being fired.

You show up, and you see a guy with a rifle shooting into the house. That just cannot turn out well. I fully expect the cops to think that is the perp firing the gun. What are they going to do with a perp shooting a long gun, yell “Stop, we have you covered?”

I can’t imagine he had family in the house and firing into it. That would be insane.

[M1903A1]

Any chance this is a new variation on “suicide by cop”?

[Boogieman]

‘What are they going to do with a perp shooting a long gun, yell “Stop, we have you covered?”’

Well, yes, that’s what they are supposed to do. Cops are not supposed to just summarily execute people because they happen to be carrying a gun.

If he did something stupid like raised and pointed the rifle at the cops, then that’s a different story, because they have every right to defend themselves. But if you or I cannot claim self defense if we shot someone on sight just because they were carrying a rifle, then the police cannot claim it either.

[joma89]

I am not. Cops are trigger happy and are as much of a threat to us as any thief with a weapon.

[Hot Tabasco]

What are they going to do with a perp shooting a long gun, yell “Stop, we have you covered?”

Well yea, since the gun is pointed into the home and not at the cop.......