“One moral of this story: When the police arrive at your home, they don’t know who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Don’t send them any misleading signals. “
That’s BS! Cops “arrive” and their training is not to bother with trying to figure out the scene, just to start shooting anyone they “perceive” as a threat (dogs know this in spades, and they don’t even carry guns). You know, they “have to go home,” even if it means that an innocent bystander has to be injured by them or even die. And the problem is only going to get worse with more cops being shot, because they are going to be more “ risk averse” than they are already. So if you use a gun to protect yourself, you may end up dead trying to save yourself. Being a good cop is a very difficult job. Unfortunately too many of them lack the training and discpline to be good cops. My hat is off to the few that are good.
Well, I half agree with you. The police have a GREAT responsibility not to harm innocent people. And too often they fail in that basic responsibility.
But that homeowner has a responsibility too, not to make a bad situation worse. He should have gathered his family behind a locked door, and awaited the cops. Instead he went with a gun to exactly the wrong place.
I didn’t post this article to berate him. People often make poor decisions under stress. I posted this article to give folks something to think about...it’s maybe something to add to the do-not-do list.