The Trump administration has ruled that gun shops are considered “essential” businesses that should remain open as other businesses are closed to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. Gun control groups are balking, calling it a policy that puts profits over public health after intense lobbying by the firearms...
Are Gun Shops 'Essential' Businesses During a Pandemic?
In some parts of the U.S., authorities say gun shops aren’t essential businesses and should close during stay-at-home orders meant to slow the coronavirus. In other places, officials are stopping background checks for concealed carry permits. Elsewhere, city leaders have invoked emergency powers allowing bans on gun sales. As the...
Sheriff Says Gun Shops Not Essential, Must Close
Gun shops are not essential businesses and must stop selling to the public, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said on Tuesday. It was a move that enraged Second Amendment advocates who said they planned to challenge it in court. Los Angeles, the nation’s largest county with 10 million residents,...
US Judge Strikes Down California Ban on Handgun Ads
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down a nearly century-old California law that banned handgun ads at gun shops, saying the state failed to show it would prevent suicides or crime. The 1923 law banned any handgun ads at gun shops that were visible from outside the...