I'm so glad I live in the UK and we have not gone to extremes to protect our rights to bare arms, so we are less likely to end up in this mess; which of course has been created when something created for the exception becomes the norm: "SWAT teams were designed to deal with very violent individuals who represent a clear and present threat to the public. However, they are now being used to execute warrants on non-violent offenders and even those who have no prior criminal history at all. Turning our neighborhood cops into shock troops will do nothing but erode public confidence in the police and endanger the lives of innocent Americans". - ChrisDudman