Art Mallory’s reaction was predictable last Thursday when local residents broke into a round of applause after the approval of a resolution to support the United States Constitution’s Second Amendment during the Churchill County Commissioners’ regularly scheduled meeting. “That’s the only time I’ve seen applause at the end of a presentation and vote by the commissioners,” Churchill County’s District Attorney said afterward. Mallory, who has served as district attorney since 1998, had just joined with Sheriff Ben Trotter for a presentation of the resolution to commissioners in support of the individual right to keep and bear arms. “It’s our desire …


