“Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation’s capital,” the Associated Press reported Monday. “The agents, assigned to protect Naomi Biden, were out with her in the Georgetown neighborhood late Sunday night when they saw the three people breaking a window of the parked and unoccupied SUV…”
“Unoccupied SUV…”
She and/or they were not inside. That means they were not protecting lives. They were shooting at human beings to protect property.
Reviewing what the Metropolitan Police Department asserts in its “Instructions to Trainers Concerning Law of Self-Defense,” they’re lucky they didn’t hit the suspects (or, seeing as how they missed, anyone else):
“You may use the amount of force which, at the time of the incident, you actually and reasonably believe is necessary to protect yourself (or a third person) from imminent bodily harm. This may extend to the use of deadly force if you actually and reasonably believe you are in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm from which you can save yourself only by using deadly force against your assailant… Generally, you may not use deadly force to protect your property.”
That opens up legitimate public questioning, including:
Who fired a gun? How much experience did the agent(s) have? How many shots were fired?
What training have the agents received on the lawful use of force, and was the firing of a gun in this circumstance consistent with that training and the law?
If an investigation shows training protocols and the law were violated, will the agent(s) be subjected to discipline? If so, what is the discipline specified? If an investigation shows laws were violated, will the agent(s) be subjected to arrest and prosecution?
What would happen if an ordinary citizen had opened fire on car thieves? What is the likelihood he would not already have been arrested? Should the agent(s) be treated any differently?
Had the agent(s) “succeeded” in hitting one or more of the suspects, wounding or killing them, what is the likelihood there’d be civil unrest, not just in the District, but widespread to urban areas throughout the land? What if they’d hit someone else?
Why have no “commonsense gun safety law advocates” called for further controls to close the “Only Ones Loophole”?
Is it not the ultimate hypocrisy for those who are protected 24/7 by taxpayer-funded armed bodyguards are working 24/7 to disarm non-connected taxpayers?
And does that granddaughter who doesn’t rate a Christmas stocking get Secret Service protection, too?
About David Codrea:
David Codrea is the winner of multiple journalist awards for investigating/defending the RKBA and a long-time gun owner rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He blogs at “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance,” is a regularly featured contributor to Firearms News, and posts on Twitter: @dcodrea and Facebook.
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