North Carolina SWATting: Gun Owners’ Kobayashi Maru?

By Robert Farago

“Newton, North Carolina police say around 10:30 Saturday night someone called claiming they were Sean Prince, Karen’s son,” wbtv.com reports recording. “The caller also used the mother’s address. The caller informed them he shot and killed his girlfriend and was thinking about killing his parents, who he said he was holding hostage. Catawba County SWAT teams quickly came to the house prepared to kick down the door. The caller told police he had a 12 gauge shot gun.” Now imagine you’re in the house, sleeping peacefully . . .

“I have never been so scared in my life,” the mother said. Police called the family. The family had no idea what was going on.

“I hear my son on the phone,” the mother said. “Don’t hurt us. Don’t shoot us. We are coming downstairs.”

Once the family got downstairs, they were greeted by SWAT members on the front yard.

“We come to the front porch,” the mother said, “And it’s like ‘get down here. Get on your knees. Drop to your knees. Get down now,’ and I am saying what in the hell is going on? We haven’t done anything.”

Officers zip-tied the parents and the son when the family came …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns