There's literally been corrupt sheriff's caught ordering military hardware like a 50cal machine gun designed to be fitted on a helicopter...
I think this is (a particularly stark example of) the core problem here. The people who are supposed to be the ones protecting the rest of us from these right wing nutjobs are, well...right wing nutjobs.
There are about a hundred of these that sometimes hang out in the shrubbery in front of my place. They make a delightful racket. Also adorable when they visit the local restaurant patios hoping for dropped crumbs 🤎