Said it before. I'll say it again.
If you are on the receiving end of a "no knock warrant", don't think or ponder your situation. Fight like your life depends on it (it probably does), and one of two things is happening:
- The invaders are state backed. They are either at the wrong house, acting on bad info, you pissed off the wrong bureaucrat, you rebelled against a law you think is crap, or you really are a douchebag and you are getting what you have coming. Don't worry, you won't likely have time to fight back. Your first sign is likely to be multiple flashbangs going off and you will be in handcuffs by the time the daze wears off. Shut your mouth, get a lawyer, and deal with it in court. And yes, your pets are probably dead. Your kids will need therapy and you and your spouse might too. I really don't have much of a solution for state sponsored thugs serving warrants having the address that some junky claims to have bought meth from. I'd like to see 95% of SWAT team use banned and see municipalities held 100% responsible for the furthest extent of damages done from their use of SWAT teams. Don't hold your breath though.
- The invaders are private "freelancers". If you have the time to respond, the "team" is probably bogus. If you don't kill them, you dying may very likely not be the worst thing that will happen within the next hour, so do yourself a favor and make it priority number one. Bad guys fit just fine in body armor, so don't discount the head shot, or any other shot that presents itself.