[redcatcherb412]

Yeah, the Red Flag law is bad but geeezzz ... you answer a door with a gun in your hand when the police are the ones that are knocking?

How many in here with a defense firearm will throw open their door in the dark without it after being woke up at 5am by pounding on your front door ? These cops approached this with the attitude they use on an early morning drug raid. Unless this guy was known as a hothead with anti cop prior encounters, these cops used lousy judgement for a non criminal action.

[Blue Jays]

"...opening the door to pounding at 5:00 am..."

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Not me. I would leave the door securely LOCKED and assess what was happening from safely inside my residence.
It is puzzling to me why people open their doors pre-dawn when not expecting valid, real, and genuine visitors.