[ghostkatz]

when “THEY” kick in your door at 3 am and immediately shoot your beloved dog, ya’ll be on your knees n hands in air begging “Don’t shoot me”. Roll over Rover.

[DuncanWaring]

“They” will get away with that a few times, but in relatively short order the nocturnal visitors will start to encounter unexpected scenarios, and their enthusiasm for their task will diminish rapidly.

[bk1000]

“when “THEY” kick in your door at 3 am and immediately shoot your beloved dog, ya’ll be on your knees n hands in air begging “Don’t shoot me”. Roll over Rover.”

Nope. I’m old. I’ve lived a good, long life. I’ve got cancer. I don’t care anymore. Kick down my door at 3 AM and I WILL shoot you. Of this, be certain: One or more of you WILL NOT be going home that night. What happens to me is irrelevant.

[Phlyer]

[W]hen “THEY” kick in your door at 3 am . . .

I had occasion to spend a little time with our local police chief. As our time was wrapping up, I told him that I had promised myself I would say something to him before we parted.

I told him that "no-knock" search warrants should never, ever be used. Because as long as there is the possibility that the police might use a tactic, you can be sure that the criminals will use it. Whether someone comes into my house yelling 'Police, Police!' or 'Rumplestiltskin' I can't tell if they are legitimate until it is too late - leaving me the options of allowing criminals to do unspeakable things to my family, or firing on police officers. Neither is acceptable.

And I told him that faced with that choice I would fire at the intruders.

I believe they know this, as a general case. So they won't come at 3:00 in the morning, they will come during the day and that they will say they have the right to seize my weapons. The example that is relevant is Boston after the 'pressure cooker' bombs. They went around seizing private firearms without even the benefit of a search warrant or other documentation specific to the citizen whose weapons were seized. In broad daylight. With guns trained on windows from the hatches of armored cars.

As another poster has stated: I'm an old guy and I have reached the point where some things are more important to me than my life. Protecting my family from intruders has always been one of them - and to do that I need access to something to make my tired old body equal to a young, strong punk with a knife or a club (at least). I won't surrender my weapons to an unConstitutional confiscation.