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A story about a gun owner suing the city of Portland for $10,000 -- claiming a police officer entered his home uninvited and tracked in a trail of mud -- drew a variety of comments from readers.

In case you missed the story that was posted to OregonLive.com over the weekend:

According to the suit, Clint Guttman had called 911 on Nov. 29 saying he had his legally owned gun and was hiding out in his bedroom because his roommate was out-of-control, according to the lawsuit.

At some point during the call, he told the dispatcher that the roommate had driven off and he was unloading the gun, the suit states.

Nonetheless, hours later police showed up and an officer made his way into Guttman's home even though Guttman told him to get out, according to the suit.

Many readers praised the police for being cautious around a gun owner whose intentions were unknown.

jdmd89102:

"... ahhh, you can't "un-call" a 911. The police will by (very smart) policy follow up on even a rescinded call... to make sure everything is OK. So yeah, the police had cause to show up... and then Guttman gave them cause to be concerned.

Sleestak23:

"...Imagine if the cop left with the third party still in the home. If the situation then escalates and the caller shoots the third party, we would fault the cop for leaving a potentially dangerous scene prematurely, and failing to defuse the situation, right?"

Many other readers supported Guttman, agreeing that his constitutional rights were violated.

Old Arthur:

"...Mr. Guttman was effectively detained by not being allow to leave the Police's presence.

I hope that he wins... He should have sued for more money.

$10,000 is not enough to get their attention."

ctwheby:

"...Of course they should investigate and interview all concerned. Seeing as the incident was four hours old, and the roommate had left hours ago, there was no imminent danger, and thus no probable cause…"

As for what to do about muddy police boots messing up a tidy home?

simpull:

"Guttman: there's the option of keeping some of those "bootie" thing-ies at the front door, like the real estate people use for open houses…"

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