[Badboo]

There are actually three key players within each state that determines its place in a civil war. You mentioned the governor and the sheriffs. The other is the local commanders of any federal military and civilian defense facilities. The political views of these commanders, and their willingness to follow or disagree with national orders becomes a key ingredient of what can happen in those states that have significant federal facilities. Air and naval based facilities have an immediate reach far beyond the state they are located in

It is the fracture of the military which creates the real bloodbath and destruction.

[papertyger]

No doubt they will be warned to “stay out of it.”

Whether they will do so is another matter.