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Originally Posted by Ducimus
At night, in a dark house, bleary eyed having been woken up by a loud noise, I doubt you'd notice uniforms. Just dark clothed intruders, in your dark house, with weapon mounted lights that only further trash your night vision and ability to identify who they are. If your already woken up, and assuming you've got your home defense piece, odds are your going to shoot if you can't ascertain their identity. I know i would based on that scenario alone.
I don't expect to hear, "Police!" and even if i did, id yell, "Show me some ID!", or "Prove it!" or something along those lines before id put my weapon down and step out of cover.
Odds are though, if its a raid, you won't have time for any of that. You just be rudley awaken to a flashlight and gun muzzle in your face.
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yes and no, If it's a raid, they wait until they are in position to call out they are police, but by the time they are seen they are letting it be known that they are who they are. But still, their goal is not to kill you, but to arrest you. At night, chances are a person out to kill you isn't going to run around alerting you to his presence, it would be counter productive, even if he thought he could pretend to be a cop.