We’re not there yet, not even close.
I meant that if anyone found themselves in the process of trying to harm the Governor, those hired to protect her would be obligated to turn the tables.
And that they would opt out of this strategy in the first place anyway, not wanting to live out the rest of their limited existence with the knowledge that retribution lurks behind every corner.
Have you read Ann Coulter’s “Guilty.”
Point after point, chapter after chapter, she provides the foundation that your last point is not likely.