“Or any case where the sheriff is beholden to any special interest group. Yep, that’s the downside. “
Or it can be a serious “up side” too. Just look at the number of sheriff’s in Colorado and Utah that are in support of the 2A. In Utah, only the a$$hole who is sheriff in Salt Lake County doesn’t sign on. That’s 27 out of 28 sheriffs. And in Colorado it’s about 75% of the county sheriffs there that are on board. Hell, here in California (58 counties) more than half of them are 2A supporters. I’ll take my chances with the sheriffs before the city cop or the jerks that patrol the highways.
That is an excellent point! I can't imagine a state police commissioner coming out strongly for the 2A. Because the commissioner has to answer to the PC politicians in the statehouse.
But sheriffs do not have that problem.