Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes just dropped a bombshell that should have every pro-2A patriot’s radar pinging: in a recent 12 News interview, she flat-out declared that ICE officers aren’t real law enforcement. Yeah, you read that right—the very agents tasked with securing our borders and enforcing federal immigration laws, often in the crosshairs of cartel violence and human trafficking ops, got dismissed as pretenders by the state’s top legal eagle. Mayes, who rode into office on a wave of tough-on-crime rhetoric, seems to have a selective definition of real cops—one that conveniently excludes feds doing the dirty work her party loves to demonize. This isn’t just sloppy semantics; it’s a deliberate signal in a border state drowning in chaos, where ICE agents dodge ambushes from smugglers armed to the teeth with military-grade hardware smuggled across the line.
Dig deeper, and the hypocrisy stinks worse than a cartel stash house. Mayes and her Democrat ilk routinely champion law enforcement when it suits their agenda—like pushing red-flag laws that strip law-abiding gun owners of their 2A rights without due process—but draw a hard line at ICE, the folks actually confronting armed invaders on the front lines. Remember, these non-real officers are deputized with full federal authority, trained to the hilt, and pack heat comparable to any SWAT team, all while facing threats that make urban policing look like a cakewalk. For the 2A community, this is a flashing red light: if Mayes can delegitimize armed federal enforcers upholding the rule of law, what’s stopping her from extending that logic to armed citizens exercising their God-given right to self-defense? In Arizona, where ranchers and border residents already form armed patrols to fill the void left by lax enforcement, her words embolden the chaos—cartels thrive when feds are painted as the enemy, and suddenly every Second Amendment defender becomes the next target in the not real enough crosshairs.
The implications ripple nationwide. As sanctuary-state mentalities creep into red strongholds like Arizona, Mayes’ stance foreshadows a world where only select approved badges get respect—and the rest, including you with your carry permit, get sidelined. 2A advocates, take note: this is why we fight tooth and nail for every inch of ground. Support ICE, back the border hawks, and keep your powder dry—because when elites like Mayes rewrite who’s real, it’s the armed citizen who ends up holding the line.
