Amid lawsuits challenging shutdowns of gun shops and shooting ranges under so-called “Stay Home” orders, the Second Amendment Foundation has launched a new outreach program, timed perfectly for COVID-19 shut-ins, called “2A Gaming,” and it is already getting attention, according to SAF Director of Outreach Andrew Gottlieb. He described the new project as a way […]
Was Liberty First Victim of COVID-19 Pandemic Panic?
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is one of many politicians under fire for what many believe are extreme measures to fight the coronavirus. (Screen snip, YouTube, MSNBC) With closures of so-called “non-essential” businesses to include gun stores in several jurisdictions, combined with shutdowns of public parks, national park facilities and even fishing and spring turkey and […]
Everytown Pres: ‘Allowing Open Gun Shops is Shameful, Nonsensical’
Writing at CNN.com, the president of Everytown for Gun Safety—the gun prohibition lobbying group supported by billionaire former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg—declared it to be “both shameful and nonsensical for the federal government to deem gun stores essential, a special privilege that millions of other shuttered small businesses can only dream about.” Perhaps Everytown’s John […]
As WA Activists Lament Gun Shop Closures, One Candidate Demands Action
Evergreen State gun owners are lamenting on social media that Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee’s “shut down” order didn’t exempt gun stores—though there are scattered reports of some shops remaining open—and now gubernatorial candidate Tim Eyman has an online petition demanding an immediate re-opening of gun shops. Here’s the text of Eyman’s message: “I call on […]
DHS Says Gun Manufacturers, Dealers, Ranges ‘Essential’
A new announcement by the Department of Homeland Security says gun manufacturers, retailers and range operators are “essential” to the workforce. UPDATED: A new guideline released Saturday by the Department of Homeland Security titled “Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce” has included workers in the firearms industry, from manufacturers down to shooting ranges. The […]
Gun Fight: ‘Essential’ or ‘Non-Essential’ at Issue
Are retail firearms stores an “essential” or “non-essential” business? That’s the question at the heart of a battle currently being waged in New Jersey and promising to spread to several other states, and the fight revolves around the individual right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment. A federal lawsuit filed by […]
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