That early gunfire indicated to the SEALs that they might expect further resistance. And they did find a small arsenal of weapons in the home.
“We recovered three AK-47s and two pistols from the compound. They weren’t storming a PTA meeting. They were storming into Osama Bin Laden’s fortress hideout,” said the same U.S. official. At least one AK-47 was found in bin Laden’s room.
There are a bunch of homes in America that have “small arsenals.”
There are a bunch of homes in America that have small arsenals.
And apparently there is now standing military protocol to kill those who merely have access to said arsenals.