Have to go through AZ to get to CA from TX. Heh, heh, heh.
I would hope our New Mexico bretheren would have done all of us the same favor - if they had been given the opportunity. Who knows?
One thought that I have is that Bowie (shooting scene) is border desperado (i.e., illegal entrants and their coyotes) country and a lot of folks are prepared for whatever might go down.
Kind of like the Boy Scout motto, you know?