Shawn Farash

Hey, thanks for having me. I really appreciate it. What happened? So it was about tomorrow. It'll be four weeks ago, March 13th. I was sleeping. My wife and I just pulled up a bunch of fence posts out of the yard. We just moved into the house about a month and a half ago. And I'd heard about the...

Hey, thanks for having me. I really appreciate it. What happened? So it was about tomorrow. It'll be four weeks ago, March 13th. I was sleeping. My wife and I just pulled up a bunch of fence posts out of the yard. We just moved into the house about a month and a half ago. And I'd heard about the...

The incidents that were happening to other conservatives around the country, specifically saw people posting about it on X. I even made a post about it that day that said the rise of left-wing violence is unacceptable. You have the Tesla situation. People are getting swatted, et cetera, et cetera. And my wife woke me up frantically saying, Sean, there's cops in our yard with guns.

The incidents that were happening to other conservatives around the country, specifically saw people posting about it on X. I even made a post about it that day that said the rise of left-wing violence is unacceptable. You have the Tesla situation. People are getting swatted, et cetera, et cetera. And my wife woke me up frantically saying, Sean, there's cops in our yard with guns.

And I sat straight up and I said –

And I sat straight up and I said –

okay we're being swatted and and she didn't know what that meant i had heard about it um i've heard it happen to other voices people in you know in in media uh politicians have had it happen to them and we've heard stories about you know in the gaming community uh this has happened to several people uh in in the gaming community too i don't i don't do that i don't even have a game console that'll connect to the internet um but i knew it was going on when she you know woke me up when i sat up but she didn't know what that meant i said we just got to sit down and

okay we're being swatted and and she didn't know what that meant i had heard about it um i've heard it happen to other voices people in you know in in media uh politicians have had it happen to them and we've heard stories about you know in the gaming community uh this has happened to several people uh in in the gaming community too i don't i don't do that i don't even have a game console that'll connect to the internet um but i knew it was going on when she you know woke me up when i sat up but she didn't know what that meant i said we just got to sit down and

Wait for instructions. It was terrifying in a way because, you know, when I practice gun safety, I like firing guns. I'm a big Second Amendment enthusiast, right? You don't point the barrel of a gun at something you don't intend to shoot. So I knew that if I'd given them a reason to pull the trigger, it very well may be pulled. So we sat, you know, we stayed calm.

Wait for instructions. It was terrifying in a way because, you know, when I practice gun safety, I like firing guns. I'm a big Second Amendment enthusiast, right? You don't point the barrel of a gun at something you don't intend to shoot. So I knew that if I'd given them a reason to pull the trigger, it very well may be pulled. So we sat, you know, we stayed calm.

I received a call from the sheriff's department and they told me that they got a bizarre 911 call, my address. They said that I had murdered both of my parents and that I was prepared to commit suicide by cop. And I told them on the phone, I said, look, that's not true. And I'm willing to demonstrate whatever I have to do to show you that that's not the case. So you tell me what you want us to do.

I received a call from the sheriff's department and they told me that they got a bizarre 911 call, my address. They said that I had murdered both of my parents and that I was prepared to commit suicide by cop. And I told them on the phone, I said, look, that's not true. And I'm willing to demonstrate whatever I have to do to show you that that's not the case. So you tell me what you want us to do.

We'll do it and get this resolved and then talk about next steps. And that's how it went. We came out of the house with our hands up. The guns were drawn at us, you know. And by the way, the police who were involved with this were very professional. Absolutely. They were deliberate. They were clear. They were calm. That's what you need in a situation like that.

We'll do it and get this resolved and then talk about next steps. And that's how it went. We came out of the house with our hands up. The guns were drawn at us, you know. And by the way, the police who were involved with this were very professional. Absolutely. They were deliberate. They were clear. They were calm. That's what you need in a situation like that.

If you have jumpy people, both the people in the home who are dealing with it and the people outside of the home who want to go home that night, you get a totally different situation. But they were very calm. We sat down and explained what I had heard. One of the officers had said to me, You know, is this something that's going to be on the news? And I laughed.

If you have jumpy people, both the people in the home who are dealing with it and the people outside of the home who want to go home that night, you get a totally different situation. But they were very calm. We sat down and explained what I had heard. One of the officers had said to me, You know, is this something that's going to be on the news? And I laughed.

I said, no, it's going to be on social media, but you'll never see this on the news or much of the mainstream media. And, you know, they thought that was unfortunate. They were all upset that their resources and their time were being wasted on what was clearly a false call. I told the officers that were going into the house.

I said, no, it's going to be on social media, but you'll never see this on the news or much of the mainstream media. And, you know, they thought that was unfortunate. They were all upset that their resources and their time were being wasted on what was clearly a false call. I told the officers that were going into the house.

I said, the scariest thing you're going to see in there is a cat who might hiss at you. Just don't shoot her. That's it. You know, and and then we figured it out from there. It was wild, though.

I said, the scariest thing you're going to see in there is a cat who might hiss at you. Just don't shoot her. That's it. You know, and and then we figured it out from there. It was wild, though.