Not where I live. We don’t tolerate it. Not in LA. The politicians hate the LAPD because they don’t do what the pols demand. Bratton, the soon to be former chief just unloaded on them for trying. He came in as a “reformer” believing what the media said and is leaving as a believer in the good work that organization does. If you don’t believe the political class why would you believe the news media that supports them? There’s a logical disconnect there.
In Florida we have “right-to-carry concealed” permits issued by the State.
Even so, several years ago, a Miami policeman told me that he would confiscate any pistol
not registered in the City of Miami, even if the person carrying it didn’t live in the city
because that was what he had been told to do. Who gave the order? The people?
He had no Second or Fifth Amendment problem with this order.
(Since then, I understand that the city did away with registration of firearms.)
What I said about the police doing whatever the politicians said was agreed to by
a retired NYPD policeman with over twenty years in uniform who was sitting at the table.
Isn’t that what the “Oath Keepers/Takers” all about. How is this movement being
received by the average LA policeman or the LA Police Department.