the only way i can conceive of a homeowner being allowed to live after such an engagment is if he has total coverage CCTV, with a live feed going directly to the local network affiliate, AND being an “democratic activist.”
LOL what about that scenario? Bunch of overzealous cops think they've got a bad guy cold and bust in his door only to discover an operator serious about his skills and unforgiving of incompetence.
Do you know the first time SFOD-D (Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta aka Delta Force or aka THE CAG or Combat Applications Group) was ever used in a real operation was the ill fated mission to rescue the Iranian hostages during the Presidential watch of Jimmy Carter. That mission ended in a fiery failure at the release point known as Desert One. Upon their call up for duty one of the Delta operators went back to his apartment just briefly to pickup something personal maybe a watch. Inside his own apartment he came across a burglary in progress. He never hesitated. Drew a Browning Hi Power 9mm from a shoulder holster and drilled the bad guy right through the heart just once and left the body where it fell. Went directly to the unit and reported the shooting to the commander of Delta: Colonel Chargin' Charlie Beckwith.
The Colonel took care of housekeeping and announced the mishap to the rest of the team, much to the dismay of the operator involved. The Colonel put that to rest by explaining that now the team knew they'd been prepped to a razor's edge and were 100% ready for the mission. Too bad nobody was prepped for choppers not being rigged against the intake of sand in a desert environment. That brought the birds down on maintenance and after the mission was scrubbed, there was a collision on the ground between a C130 and a Helo. Eight good guys dead. I don't know if the guy who killed the burglar was one of those. I got all of this from Beckwith's book. Beckwith died a few years ago from cancer.
All I'm saying is that given the number of combat tested veterans that are now streaming into our society from the WOT, it's not an impossibility that such an incident might actually happen. Imagine had that been the case when the jack booted thugs went about grabbing guns after Katrina? All in all, I think it's a good thing that cops remember this when they go charging about in the night waving warrants that are flawed or nonexistent.