Letters

Concerning the Town of Independence changing the alcohol law on Sunday sales to gain more revenue, Mr. Blevins should read his Bible and ask God what should be done.
Crime, heartache, drunken drivers, children going without — are only a few of the things that go along with the alcohol business.
God is going to judge. It’s time we stand for what’s right.
Jesus is coming back and we need to do what is right and honest instead of seeing how much more evil we can do.
Ada M. Rice
Galax

What a sad, disgusting and violent society we live in today.
A record number of police officers are killed in the line of duty, and thugs prey upon the elderly and little children.
It makes one sick because of the senseless abuse and death.
The mouth of hell gets wider every day. With all the serious problems that this country faces, counties, cities and states cannot afford to lay off police, firefighters or EMS.
To draw attention away from this overseas, we go to a country called Libya. Its leader has American blood on his hands.

Editor’s note: This letter is a rebuttal to points made in a letter from Kyle and Sherry Billings, which ran in the March 21-22 edition of The Gazette. In the letter, the parents of shooting victim Brandon Billings said that “nothing was done” by the Grayson County Sheriff’s Department for five years following the death of the high school student. The case is still unsolved.

The right to bear arms was given to us, not to protect our homes and families from evildoers of this sick society we live in.
Why is it a higher offense and almost immediate death sentence when you kill a government official of some kind, even if it’s a cop, who abuses his authority and is breaking his own law and duty and found guilty till whoever moves his innocence, and not because of the tongue of a high-priced attorney because he makes it sound good.