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The story portray the poor family as the victims but it should be remembered that this is a guy who takes a gun to the bathroom.

If you point a gun at a SWAT team they will likely shoot you, if you don't have reflexes to drop the gun then that's Darwinian evolution in action. I have little sympathy for someone that keeps a loaded gun with them in such a paranoid fashion.

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He had it holstered. Likely was wearing it and happened to need to take a piss or shit, why would he remove the holster and gun or unholster the gun for what's likely a 30 second event in his day?

Not to mention, based on most Army and Marine vets I've met over the past few years, I'd wager the majority carry a gun (barring state/local restrictions) outside their home, and a significant number keep it holstered from about the time they dress until they go to bed. SWAT teams should seriously reconsider violating the law when conducting a raid if they want to avoid being target practice for a trained soldier.

Lots of people carry in their homes to prevent their kids from accidentally getting hold of the firearm. It's prudent to maintain control of your sidearm on your person unless it's locked up - you'd know that if you had any non trivial hands on experience with firearms yourself.

I'd say that sounds a little paranoid too, but then it turns out that his door gets busted down by a bunch of people with guns, so all the sudden it's not that paranoid. Just happened in this case to be the police, and not some other aggressor.

Not like it's any of your business what he does in his home anyway.

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