Shoot First

The New York Times reports that fourteen states have joined Florida in passing laws allowing people to use deadly force to defend themselves, even if they could have retreated safely. Those nice folks at the NRA are lobbying for similar laws in other states.

This dovetails nicely with the Supreme Court's decision this past spring that expanded the police right to enter a dwelling without knocking.

What's going to happen when the police barge into some home in a good-faith but mistaken no-knock entry and the homeowner blows some cop away with a 12-gauge?