"Exercising self-defense rights against law-enforcement officers is a gamble. But there's precedent for recognizing that right when government agents misbehave in ways that endanger life and liberty.
A similar situation could have easily occurred this month when ICE raided the home of Chongly Scott Thao in St. Paul, Minnesota. As CBS News reported, "ICE agents broke his door down without a warrant before detaining him at gunpoint. Videos show agents bringing him out in the cold with little more than a blanket and his underwear." As it turned out, ICE not only invaded the man's home, but they had the wrong guy. They were ultimately forced to release Thao after terrifying him and his family. Who could have blamed him if he'd opened fire as they stormed through the door?
As that case demonstrates, bad government behavior comes not just from failing to provide proper identification, but from a range of overbearing behavior. Second Amendment advocates have long recognized this point â at least the consistent ones have."
