With all of the craziness that’s been happening in the House of Representatives over the last couple of years, it would be easy to think that all of Washington, D.C. has gone over the edge toward anti-gun zealotry.
Fortunately, that is not the case, and the evidence comes from an unexpected place, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Dave Workman writes,
Under the Trump Administration’s guidance, the Department of Homeland Security has declared firearms manufacturers and retailers “essential businesses,” possibly driving a spike through the heart of various state and local “emergency powers” declarations that had classified gun stores to be “non-essential” during the current Coronavirus panic, and had ordered them closed.
The reference to gun shops is found in a document released Saturday titled “Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce,” in the section dealing with “Law Enforcement, Public Safety, and Other First Responders.”
The document released by DHS simply says that “Workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges” are considered essential.
The announcement came after several days of often conflicting and confusing arguments about which businesses are necessary for public safety and security, and which are not. The controversy reached a point of ridiculousness when Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency order listed employees at marijuana shops, breweries and winemaking facilities as part of the essential workforce, but omitted firearm and ammunition retailers and distributors.
As Workman notes, several other states, in addition to Washington State, such as New Jersey, California, Delaware had been dealing with whether to close firearms retailers, and that is in addition to numerous counties and municipalities (such as New Orleans) which have tried to strip people of gun rights during the coronovirus situations.
I, for one, am glad to see some common sense come out of Washington, D.C., especially from one of the bureaucracies when it comes to gun rights. Those bureaucracies do not have a history of rational Constitutional thinking, so this decision by the DHS is a breath of fresh air.
Sure. But how are they gonna sell when the feds aren’t getting the paperwork done. I got a friend that has a shop says he can’t get anything out they’re so backed up.
background checks are going through here in OR.
This is the “same old story” / tactic that slick Willie and bath house Barry used : “slow walking” background checks”.
POOR WIDDLE LIBBYS … will again be crapping their diapers that their plans are being again washed out with the other sh.. from the Nation’s diaper …just like we will wash and flush Washington D.C. in November of all the dumbocrap/liberal TRAITORS.
Background checks for gun purchases/ownership are major INFRINGEMENTS to the 2nd Amendment. Just as ALL gun laws and regulations. The 2-A was written in east to understand simple English. No “interpretation” required. If you are one of “the people”.. you have the right to keep (own, posses) and bear (posses, hold, carry) arms (short, for armaments—- look up the definition) and your rights ‘shall not be infringed’.. (infringe = actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.).. contravene, violate, transgress, break, breach, commit a breach of, disobey, defy, etc etc etc. Seems the government needs to read up on the 2nd Amendment and start going by it. Starting with the nullification of any and all gun laws and regulations that subvert it.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED …………………
Thank you very much. I have often wondered if I was the only one screaming and the right of the people SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!
Thanks for your post and dead on support of our 2nd Amendment rights.
Thank God for this decision!! Trump is “rubbing off” in a lot of positive ways!!
Yeah I agree, me too. A breath of fresh air!
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