I honestly believe that the anti gun idiots like Beto and others will be throughly shocked at just how many law enforcement agencies from the city to the state level will refuse to carry out such an order.
Same for the military.
@txradioguy I am going to be shocked if they DON'T refuse to confiscate weapons. I know and am semi-friendly with a BUNCH of them,and if there has ever been such a thing as "wear red and march in a straight line",it is the modern cops. Used to be the typical cop was a veteran that needed a job,and when a job as a cop was offered,took it. They were there to earn a living and protect their friends and neighbors,NOT to be the "caped crusaders" of today who are more like "South Park" "You WILL respect my Authoratay!" flesh and blood versions of Eric Cartman. Law Enforcement is more of a religion to them than it is a job. I honestly think most would work as cops for free if they had to and had enough money they could afford to do it.
I have no doubt most of them would be able to convince themselves to overlook weapons possession by certain people they know personally and trust,but if one you don't know and are friendly with comes knocking on your door to look for weapons,he is not going to "accidentally miss" a few while he is there.
I once had a local deputy come knocking on my door around midnight maybe 20 years ago. At that time he was one of only two deputies on patrol at night in a pretty big county,and was responding to a big party and a bonfire in a farmer's field. He was to go there,make them put out the fire,and leave,and if necessary,arrest anyone who resisted/threatened him.
He asked me would I mind grabbing my 45 and coming with him in case of emergency. He told me to stay in the car and say and do nothing unless he was attacked.
I can't imagine any of the deputies here today doing such a thing even if they needed help. They would just call for help and have someone get out of bed or maybe a deputy from another county come help them.
We also have a new sheriff,and I can't imagine this sheriff going out of his way to tell me he would sign off on my buying a machine gun if I wanted one,like the last two sheriffs. No,I DON'T want one or I would have already gotten it,but it's the thought that counts.
True story. I MIGHT be the one most responsible for our sheriff at the time signing on to legal CCW permits. When the state was considering it they did a survey of the local sheriffs to get their opinions,and I heard ours was against it,so I went to his office to see him and talk with him about it. He and I had know each other for years,so him agreeing to see me was no big deal. I asked him about his position and why he thought that way,and after he told me about the "danger of " civilians" (he had never served even a single day in the military) carrying concealed weapons,I told him he was full of crap (NOT the word I used) and told him "I have been carrying a gun on me damn near every day of my life,and you know it and have never been scared of me with a gun before,so why would you be scared of me walking around with a permit to carry a concealed gun? Hell,I have one in my pocket now. Want to see it?"
He thought about it for a minute or so,and actually told me I had changed his mind and he would sign up for the program.
He got even,though. The day before the state started issued CCW permits he called me on the phone and told me I had damned sure better be standing in his office the next morning at 9 AM and applying for a permit,because he was going to personally fingerprint me and send it off to the state. He also told his secretary,who became sheriff after he retired,to just go ahead and sign his name to any weapons permit I wanted,including machine guns,without bothering him about it. She laughed and said ok,and when she became sheriff a few years later,asked me if I wanted a machine gun permit.
I don't see the new sheriff thinking this way. I have even heard him say "My prime concern is that my officers go home safe every night.",when it SHOULD be his main concern is for the safety of the citizens whose taxes pay his salary. He has even got a few of the "free" armored cars coming back from the Muddle East,has a SWAT squad DESPITE there never ONCE being any history of a barricaded suspect,and has a designated sniper team he sent off somewhere at public expense to attend a sniper school. HOO RAH!,although "HOO HAH!" might be more appropriate.
I'd like to be wrong. I even hope I am wrong,but I don't think so.
