Recently, we had the local county sheriff come out in public and refuse to enforce the dictate of our governor's anti gun edict. Several other LEO's agreed with him and also refused to enforce or support her new edict.
The State police, however, had no comment. I expect that is because they are under the auspices of the governor and their paychecks were at stake. They remained judiciously silent about it and it's believed that most of the State policy LEO's would not enforce the edict either.
Of course, a week later, the courts ruled her edict unconstitutional (mostly) and the LEO's were justified in the end.
It never really had a chance to play out but it was remarkable in the sense that the LEO's in the area were adamantly opposed to the governor's executive order.
Add to that, the day the rule went into effect, a group of New Mexicans gathered, weapons openly displayed, with State police observing and nobody was arrested or otherwise intimidated by them.
It's still playing out in some ways but generally, I'm impressed that law enforcement stood up to the powers that be and said, "No," rather than say anything about following orders.
--Wag--
The State police, however, had no comment. I expect that is because they are under the auspices of the governor and their paychecks were at stake. They remained judiciously silent about it and it's believed that most of the State policy LEO's would not enforce the edict either.
Of course, a week later, the courts ruled her edict unconstitutional (mostly) and the LEO's were justified in the end.
It never really had a chance to play out but it was remarkable in the sense that the LEO's in the area were adamantly opposed to the governor's executive order.
Add to that, the day the rule went into effect, a group of New Mexicans gathered, weapons openly displayed, with State police observing and nobody was arrested or otherwise intimidated by them.
It's still playing out in some ways but generally, I'm impressed that law enforcement stood up to the powers that be and said, "No," rather than say anything about following orders.
--Wag--