If he was expecting service that day at the residence that tells us something that he would respond with a show of force. It may be appropriate in some situations to greet a trespasser with a gun but generally not legal. Not sure I would use the word 'standoff' with regard to holding a weapon while standing inside the home but when police are dispatched for a call of this type you can be required to unarm while they investigate. Having some good friends who were Utility techs and meter readers the stories can get pretty wild. For me this report just dissolved the families 'feeble harmless grumpy old man' narrative as nobody is harmless when pointing a gun at someone else.
The comments he made that got the FBI's attention and this story being currently reported indicate a 'shoot first' mindset not a teddy bear neighbor just speaking his mind
Originally Posted by DNinja69
Your home is your castle, as is your property, in PA, there are no laws about what you carry, openly or not, on your property, and that includes machine guns, suppressed weapons, pipe bombs, if purchased legally, and, yes you can legally obtain them.
I have one friend who I helped buy the frame(Receiver) for a Colt M203 Grenade launcher, who then registered it as a destructive device, and put a 40 mm barrel on it, if he paid a 200 dollar tax, he could purchase live grenades for it, plus the cost of the grenade.
Pain in the ass, yes, expensive, yes, and legal.
I stopped
(Staff edit) with a handgun from stealing an RV trailer on my property when they ignored orders to remain where they were, and not approach me, when they did, I ordered them to the ground, a neighbor had already called 911.
TWENTY MINUTES LATER, to those of you who think 911 is going to save you, the PSP showed up, I surrendered my handgun, clipped in my pocket, and they did their business, after arrests, they gave me my pistol back.
Even before they were off the scene.
Tells you who THEY think they can trust.
A legal armed property owner.
Now, that said, I has anticipated their arrival, had my hands in the air when they pulled in, and immediately declared I had my pistol.
Its what occurs when they arrive, professionals assess the situation before shooting, cowards open fire, knowing they have qualified immunity, and, will face no consequences, even if the shoot is illegal.
Others as in this case, were prepared just to kill, just like at WACO, Randy Weaver, East Pittsburgh, etc, etc.
You have rights as a citizen, a badge trumps those rights without question.
Further, last year, a cop showed up at a domestic in PA, no lights, no warnings, and, the homeowner returned fire, killing him, he was found not guilty, and the DA and cops were quite pissed that a badge finally did not guarantee the conviction of someone who legally owned, used, and killed a cop with his firearm
Live by the sword.............
This is why the cameras, and the footage is KEY, and likely, why it will never be made public, if, it already hasn't been deleted, along with Hillarys 33K emails, and, the contents of Hunters laptop, if someone hadn't cloned it first.
