[Sir Gawain]

Let me rephrase. Next time, I hope the entire family is waiting near the door with all their weapons loaded and I hope they fire indiscriminately into the doorway before or after it’s opened.

[allmendream]

That situation doesn't end well for the family. Ask the Weavers or the Branch Davidians about the ultimate utility of firing upon gung ho idiot law enforcement officers that are firing at you!

But given the situation it seems perverse that with a no-ID no-knock raid (usually in a bad neighborhood) they would immediately fire upon and kill anyone brandishing a weapon (even a golf club).

What is the resident supposed to think when the door comes flying down - “better get into the prone position ASAP?” is the thinking of the slave.

A free man takes up arms when an unidentified intruder comes through the door!

And apparently, in our Republic, a free man gets killed by the jack booted thugs for so doing.

Galling!