Two recent cases show a troubling trend on the part of the police in reacting to Canadians defending their property and families. When an armed gang roared on to the farm of Gerald Stanley, attempted to steal vehicles, and assaulted his wife, Stanley responded by shooting dead one of the home invaders. When Peter Khill found a man on his driveway trying to steal his truck and believed the thief was raising a gun, Khill shot and killed him.