NRA sues California officials for closing gun stores amid coronavirus outbreak
Source: The Hill
The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other pro-gun groups filed a lawsuit against California on Friday after the state forced gun stores to close under Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) shelter-in-place order amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Under Newsom's order, these stores are considered nonessential. The complaint demands that gun shops in California be deemed essential and reopened.
The suit was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Municipalities who target lawful gun stores for closure arent promoting safetyby weaponizing their politics to disarm you and your loved ones, these shameless partisans are recklessly promoting a gun-control agenda that suffocates your self-defense rights when you need them most," Jason Ouimet, the executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, said in a statement. /snip.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490004-nra-sues-california-officials-for-closing-gun-stores-amid-coronavirus
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Aren't most courts shut down right now?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Judges are in no mood for bullshit, but electronic filing is working fine.
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)But then after filing what..?
There's no one to hear the argument/case.
No one is in court til this is over.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)And even judges who werent fond of telephonic hearings are doing them now.
marybourg
(12,540 posts)stopbush
(24,378 posts)the large groups needed for mass murders. It's certainly not good PR when a guy bearing an AR-15 can only kill two to three people at a time. No sir. They should just wait until things get back to normal to showcase their WsMD.
pazzyanne
(6,518 posts)Keep in mind who is bankrolling the NRA. Putin is still alive and active in undermining the USA. With the mango menace in charge he is doing a bang up job.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)laws to change too. Businesses and the GOP Govt are taking advantage of the $2 trillion stimulus. Of course the GOP-NRA will try to take advantage of the virus too. This is why tRump won't use a federal lock down...all those gun rights groups will throw a fit, civil liberties and all.
C Moon
(12,188 posts)Jack-o-Lantern
(965 posts)2naSalit
(86,061 posts)just fuck off.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,750 posts)Oh, wait.
Liberty Belle
(9,528 posts)The County Sheriff here reasoned that if they were closed, people would resort to unlicensed dealers who don't do background checks.
However he urged gun stores to go to an appointment-only basis and maintain social distancing.
Gun sales are generally NOT emergencies though I could see a few cases where they would be, say if you had a restraining order against a violence ex and feared he would violate the order.
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)catsudon
(839 posts)this is not essential.....
even I stocked up just in case for the right wing nut jobs
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Seems fair to me.
hatrack
(59,442 posts). . . . while dancing on the edge of the volcano.
Wondering where they got the money to hire lawyers for this horseshit.
tavernier
(12,322 posts)PufPuf23
(8,689 posts)IIRC the NRA long ago was a reputable entity.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)one of the reasons that they've become gun fanatics to begin with.
Many see insurrection right around the corner. I've heard this from the horses' mouth, so to speak.
Edited for spelling.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,029 posts)The feds added them to the essential list.
paleotn
(17,781 posts)Confiscate all the firearms from the shutdown stores.
Iggo
(47,489 posts)Every single one of them.
W T F
(1,145 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)that COVID-19 deaths will overtake gun deaths and render the NRA irrelevant.
RobinA
(9,878 posts)idiocracy heard from.
FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)just clarified today per guidlines from Dept. of Homeland Security- CSIA:
"Workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges."
listed under "public safety"...
https://www.cisa.gov/publication/guidance-essential-critical-infrastructure-workforce