[faloi]

She could have invited the cops in & this would not have happened. Yes, the swat guys are scary looking, but look at who they are dealing with, and it is not the everyday citizen, who goes to work and pays their stolen wages to the govt. and goes to church and PTA & ect...

She could have, if she was home. It sounds like nobody was home when they conducted the raid. If she were home, I'm sure she'd be much more enraged about being gassed and tossed around by a SWAT team than she is about her guinea pig.

There was an instance in Austin a week or so ago where the local SWAT team surrounded a gun store for hours before making entry and finding out the thieves already left. I'm not saying that they were wrong, I'd certainly be extremely leery about charging into a gun store with doubtlessly armed criminals. I'm just pointing out that it's hard to invite someone in, or respond to police attempts to contact you when you're not technically in the building.

[TMSuchman]

There is a LARGE difference between a firearms dealer & a residence. I too would be extremely leery of going into that store, but a residence is very different.