[Boomer]

Oh well, let's have another parade for all the brave "First Responders".

This will be one of the unintended (maybe intended) consequences of red flag laws. The current good guys in blue will become the new American Gestapo.

My experiences with such things is if someone is treated like a (insert name here (thief, bad guy, etc)) then they will begin to act like what they are being accused of since that's what people believe them to be. Not always of course and not right away; but over time it will happen most the time. Maybe this is exactly what the cop haters want.

[Tench_Coxe]

"My experiences with such things is if someone is treated like a (insert name here (thief, bad guy, etc)) then they will begin to act like what they are being accused of since that's what people believe them to be. Not always of course and not right away; but over time it will happen most the time."

Imagine if the Left pushed the deplorables to become just that?
Then comes the "that's not who we are" plea when the pushback comes.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The police WILL follow orders.

In some places like New York they already are the American Gestapo.

Next is Virginia.

[rawcatslyentist]

The current good guys in blue will become the new American Gestapo.

They have been that way since prohibition. IIRC there wasn't any such thing as cartels before then. Criminal monopoly indeed. It's their monopoly and you're a criminal unless you're in it with them.