SWAT teams are one option, but they're not the only option. Sometimes surprise might be more beneficial.
Presumably not even the police want to be shooting it out in the middle of an apartment complex.
And I guess the general calculus is that even the most aggressive neighborhood bystanders in America are usually less dangerous than a criminal suspect.
But it speaks to the contradiction: the entire point of a no-knock is surprise.
But legal, authorized surprise is practically incompatible with the second amendment (as currently interpreted) and stand your ground laws (as increasingly being passed).
Presumably not even the police want to be shooting it out in the middle of an apartment complex.
And I guess the general calculus is that even the most aggressive neighborhood bystanders in America are usually less dangerous than a criminal suspect.
But it speaks to the contradiction: the entire point of a no-knock is surprise.
But legal, authorized surprise is practically incompatible with the second amendment (as currently interpreted) and stand your ground laws (as increasingly being passed).
So... that leaves us in the ugliness of reality.