[Sacajaweau]

Exactly why the "right to bear arms" and "secure in your person, home, possessions....was in the Constitution.

Do the people in Massachusetts realize how defenseless they were as "We The People".

To Massachusetts: Go back and read the Preamble to the Constitution. Then read about Paul Revere again.

Then think...

[Owl558]

“Go back and read the Preamble to the Constitution.”

Go back and read the 4th Amendment. “Unreasonable” searches are forbidden. That is what this question turns on, not the 2nd amendment or the Preamble. Were these searches “reasonable” when you consider their context - a suspect within a limited cordon with possible hostages? Maybe.