Hmm, I guess so, but it is still moronic to shoot at anybody who is close to your grow operation, it would draw way to much attention to the area you are growing in. It is even dumber to shoot at police like the folks in the article you just posted did, as if shooting at them will make them go away.

When I used to grow, I went deep into some woods, planted my seeds, and went back everyonce in a while to check on them. If they were ever found... Not my problem, my primarary form of defense was evasion, made sure the feds would never link it to me. Luckily, I didn't do it for long and I wasn't caught. If you are going to grow, the last thing you want to do is resort to violence when somebody discovers your spot, you better be able to get the hell out of there at the first sign of trouble.

It isn't the perfect place to grow, if it was the perfect place to grow they wouldn't have gotten caught. If I was growing that many plants, it would be at least be a few hundred miles from civilization.