Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Editorial: Rights The Right Way

Recently a number of sheriffs around the country, including Kimball County’s Harry Gillway, insisted they would refuse to enforce any decision they considered unconstitutional.

Specifically, these officers were referring to as yet unclear (and as yet theoretical) limitations on gun ownership.

Defense of the Constitution is an admirable thing. Those signatory to the initial document and the first ten amendments intended this nation’s founding paper to defend the rights of individuals within a government and define which decisions should rightly be left to state or federal authority.

With...