acquired a dubious notoriety across the country as the united constitutional patriots the leader larry hopkins a convicted felon was arrested and accused of unlawful possession of firearms. how we're pereo is the mayor of sun len park he feels powerless because the law in new mexico allows people to carry arms openly if they're pointing a gun at somebody then that can be considered an assault or if they are detaining individuals illegally then that back could be a violation of that individual's constitutional rights so i mean unless we see that actually happening it's. we can't take much action if the monument though there is little concrete proof that the militia is acting illegally there are many accusations. we knew we had an instant about an individual saying that why did why don't we line them up and shoot him this is an allegation at this point we can't prove any of that but i don't know what the mental condition of those individuals are whereas you have law enforcement individuals who have background checks who know how to handle the situations like this. jim bentley sees himself as the