An Arizona AG warning ICE about Arizona's gun laws didn't intend to make the case for an armed citizenry — but here we are.

"This is a don't-tread-on-me state. This is a Second Amendment state. This is a state with a lot of guns in it."
— Arizona AG Kris Mayes, trying to warn ICE and accidentally quoting the NRA's entire platform

Hard to argue with the logic, even if she was aiming it the other direction. The scenario she's describing — masked, unidentified men forcing entry at your home — is textbook Castle Doctrine territory, and she's basically admitting that armed homeowners are a foreseeable outcome when agents don't follow proper identification procedures.

The Henry Magee case in Texas is the one to know here. Grand jury declined to indict him for shooting a deputy during a no-knock raid because the officers failed to properly identify themselves. That wasn't a loophole — that was the law working exactly as intended. If you can't tell a badge from a home invader at 3 a.m., the law has historically said you don't have to.

The article makes the point that an agency running plainclothes operations into private residences, at the current level of public distrust, is doing more for Second Amendment advocacy than most lobbying efforts combined. When the government's own behavior makes the case for home defense, you don't really need a think piece to explain the Second Amendment's original purpose.

Has a Castle Doctrine or self-defense scenario ever changed how you think about your home setup — locks, staging, lighting, or what you keep where?

Read the full article in The Handbook → | By Steve Duskett