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Comment by selcuka

13 hours ago

> When the two civilian dressed masked men entered the apparentment

I think this is very irresponsible. What would happen if the owner was armed and harmed the police thinking that they were criminals?

This is a very... US comment to make.

  • There have been cases in the US where homeowners shot cops dead who were in the process of unexpectedly raiding their home, because the homeowner had no idea they were cops and not home invasion robbers; and in some cases have been acquitted of murder charges by juries for this.

    I'd personally like to see the laws protecting this strengthened, to make sure that cops aren't charging unannounced into peoples' homes and then charging the homeowner with murder when they react with reasonable gun violence in self-defense.

    • My thought on this is that it's basically not legal to protect your home/family with force because of this. It's impossible to know if someone breaking in is a cop or not, and at 3AM with glass breaking and a group of people claiming to be cops, but aren't, how are you supposed to know? You basically never can. So either you risk going to prison for the rest of your life when it's actually a cop, or you do absolutely nothing and let your family get harmed/your home burgled.

  • I'm fully European, would not wonder for a second before plunging a knife into an intruder if I happened to have one near me.

    • Really? 'Oh, someone I don't know! stab'? What if the person is plain-clothes law enforcement? Or a special needs person who somehow managed to wander into the wrong house? Or your sibling's new partner they want to introduce to you?

      Anyway, unless you actually have stabbed someone before you don't know whether you got what it takes until you're actually in a situation where you find out.

  • No it is not. Europeans can have guns, and there was a recent case in Belgium where such a thing happened.

While this is still bad, If you watch the video, the officers announce themselves and enter with empty hands... it's very different from videos of "raids" by US police that I've seen.

> What would happen if the owner was armed

Might as well talk about unicorns as we are imaging this scenario in Denmark.

  • You can own multiple guns and store them at your residence in Denmark. I know a couple of people who do so, admittedly both ex-military.

    This isn't limited to shotguns or bolt action rifles for hunting. You can own up to six handguns.

    You do need to be licensed however, and given Andersen's history he probably wouldn't be permitted.

    • You can. But ammunition and the guns have to be stored in separate safes. And it's essentially impossible to get off with a self defense claim if you have time to gather your legal guns

    • It would still (in most cases, your response have to be proportional to the threat) be a crime to use them against a intruder.

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    • You should also add that most private guns owned in Denmark are typically for hunting, not self defence.

>What would happen if the owner was armed and harmed the police thinking that they were criminals?

A hefty prison sentence for illegal handling of firearms and attempted homicide would be my guess.

  • First time murder is typically gives around 12 years in Denmark.

    Sentences are not added up. So yes, trying to shot a police officer will definitely get you decent sentence -- it's not hefty by American standards.

  • I was thinking of the police officers. Why risk your life for such a petty crime?

    • The activist is well known. They likely knew he would answer the door, yet they still broke it down. In the U.S., you'd probably shoot some dog in that situation, if one was available.

      The entire scene is probably not meant as effective policing, but as punitive theater. This also explains why they disabled the cameras, as the theater was not intended for content reuse.

      Given that, I'd assume they knew he wouldn't shoot them or do anything even remotely like that.

    • I think the gun proliferation situation in Denmark is probably different than the US