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In their anti-gun, anti-self defense mind there is no value whatsoever to the right. So any violation of what they consider an illegitimate right is perfectly acceptable, even if the perceived or imagined threat is fraudulent.
We must be very careful here. If there is a legitimate threat from an individual, then we must be very thorough in investigating and intervening. In the case of the Santa Barbara murderer, he was adept at portraying himself as a reasonable, kind individual. The only hope came when the police interviewed him at the parents request.
Based on the writings of the murderer, I believe he was unaware that he couldn't refuse a search which, according to him, would have turned up several weapons and a written manifesto indicating what he intended to do with them.
I won't second-guess the officers, but I wonder if they pushed for a weapons search or not. The murderer could have said no, of course, and I doubt they would have had a basis to proceed.
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