This is indeed a border county, and that no doubt is the reason for the armed guards. Although Don Imus is looking pretty much like a deranged street person these days, and I wouldn't mind an armed guard if I had to be around him.
Well, he is courageously battling cancer, as he reluctantly reminds us from time to time.
Personally, he reminds me of a worn out Nocona boot stuck on a fence post near Datil.