I’d really like to see how this went down.
If I answered the door, gun or no gun and when I opened it the cops outside reached for their holsters I’m pretty sure I’d dive away as soon as I saw the going for it. Did they have their guns out?
I’m also pretty sure that if I answered the door with a gun no one would see it until I wanted them to. Showing a gun around cops even fifty years ago could be a pretty dicey thing.
“Did they have their guns out?”
You can bet on it... And you can also bet they did not identify themselves as LE or this would have never happened.
A similar thing happened to me about 25 years. Someone knocking on my door at 1 am. I went to the door with my 357 in hand. I looked through the pep hole and saw deputies.
I quickly went into another room and put the gun down, then I opened the door. It was all a big nothing burger. If I had I opened the door with gun in hand, who knows I sure as hell didn't want to find out.