The People Must Retain The Right To Shoot

.... in the event of any unlawful intrusion into their home.

Including an intrusion by alleged police officers.

City police say the two people inside the home had no time to respond. They were sleeping when they heard a loud noise downstairs.

"Three men all identified themselves as Baltimore City police officers. The victims were then tied up and the individuals went through their home," said Det. Jeremy Silbert, city police spokesman.

This is what happens when you legitimate the use of "no-knock" warrants and "dynamic entries" for purposes other than where someone is believed to be holding a hostage or similar circumstance.

I predicted that criminals would soon start dressing up as cops and barging into houses.

Guess what? They are.

There is only one way to stop this: Restoration of the clear common law and in fact individual liberty interest that states that when one is confronted with the use of violence there is no duty to retreat or submit, but one may meet that violence with force, including deadly force.

This means, in blunt language, that if your door is kicked in at 2:00 AM and you are committing no crime you have the legal right to shoot the intruders on the spot. If they turn out to be cops who are "serving a warrant" on the wrong house (by either malfeasance or accident) and they get shot as a consequence that's tough crap for them.

The 4th Amendment reads:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The standard is not "reasonable suspicion." It is probable cause, and

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