[sinkspur]

I guess you will never see the irony of this situation, until it actually happens to you.

I've got two sons who are cops. They spend half their time in situations like this trying to keep the "constitutionalists" from walking into the line of fire.

If you interfere with a police situation, you are not a "law abiding citizen." You're interfering with a police situation.

Firemen have this problem too, with well-meaning homeowners wanting to run back inside a fully-involved house. Guess you support them standing aside and allowing dummies to burn themselves alive.

[Graybeard58]

I've got two sons who are cops. They spend half their time in situations like this trying to keep the "constitutionalists" from walking into the line of fire.

I too have a son who is a cop and a member of this forum. I've pinged him to this post, if he's home maybe he will come by and give us some personal accounts of just what you are talking about. I've heard them from him.

[sarasmom]

In the real world, firefighters routinely evacuate five families from an apartment building with a smoking dryer problem.
Three fire trucks and four EMS units, all with lights flashing spend a few hours guarding the "dangerous" situation.
Meanwhile, men, women and children are standing outside their homes with no shoes and no coats in very cold weather.
Yes, I took it upon myself to provide socks, shoes, blankets and coats to my neighbors.
Thank goodness the cops were not there to charge me with "interfering" in an emergency situation.
The "competent authorities" had it all covered...not.
And as far as denigrating my "constitutionalist" viewpoint-may I direct you to the homepage of this website.
You seem in need of a refresh/reminder of exactly where you are, and to whom you are pontificating on the world wide web.
Constitutionalist is not a derogatory epithet here.