Yes indeed

A person may be deaf

A person may be having a schizophrenic episode

A person may be hallucinating

A person may be too afraid to respond

A person may truly believe that the order is unlawful and refuse on principle

A person may suspect that the person giving the order is not a genuine officer

As I said, there are many reasons.

For sure

We should all be arming ourselves. If we haven't already.

@RoboGraham I won't, because I'm white and therefore not a target of the cops, but if things eventually get crazy enough that I have to worry about right wing militia groups going around hunting lefties, you're damn right I will arm myself if the cops are not out there stopping that. I won't be a sitting duck and I remember all too well how many people in Bosnia in the 90s that were unarmed ended up dead because of militias. Fortunately my generally red state is not yet open carry, so I don't need to worry about it that soon.

@TomMcGiverin

You may want to do it sooner rather than later. There are so many people buying guns and ammo right now, it's difficult to find what you need and the prices are going up. I think it will only get more difficult moving forward.