re: Death by cop - Ryan Whitaker, PHX PD

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You guys are doing yourself a disservice by acting like it’s okay to answer a door armed. If you are going to answer armed, you sure as hell better have a peep hole or otherwise good reason.

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This is bullshite. When I was in law school I lived in Sharlo, which isn't a terrible area but tons of break-in's. I had a knock on my door at around 11 PM or so and the first thing I did was grab a bat I kept next to my bed (no gun at the time but would absolutely have grabbed that if I did). By time I got to the door I saw it was a drunk college kid walking away (assuming he was at the wrong house). It is completely reasonable to answer the door armed with a knock on the door late at night.