[a fool in paradise]

It’d be under false pretense but it’d get the response that could save your life.

Police were on the scene WATCHING when the man in Texas shot the home invaders who were approaching his property.

911 operator instructed him not to shoot.

Officers were waiting for backup while the man was instructed not to protect himself.

You are on your own in this world if you want to follow all of the procedures.

Why should they give a faster response time to one of their own men down rather than a civilian? A dead man is still a dead man. The violent act is the reason for the needed response team, not the job of the person who’s been attacked.

[TChris]

It’d be under false pretense but it’d get the response that could save your life.

It could. Then you could spend a few months of that life in jail, and get no response at all the next time you call 911.

Ever hear the story "The Boy Who Cried 'Wolf!'"?

There's a reason why it has lasted for so many generations.