[ad_1] By Joel Connelly, SeattlePI Published 10:26 am PDT, Monday, March 30, 2020 Wade’s Eastside Gun Shop in Bellevue. Owner Wade Gaughran said he’s selling about 30 guns a day, mostly to first-timers. Wade’s Eastside Gun Shop in Bellevue. Owner Wade Gaughran said he’s selling about 30 guns a day, mostly to first-timers. Photo: Grant M.

[ad_1] Governor Gina Raimondo’s order to ban operation of all non-essential businesses will not apply to Ocean State gun shops.  They have rightfully been designated as essential businesses, ensuring that citizens can continue to provide for their own security and safety during this national health crisis.  Also, late last week, Attorney General Peter Neronha stipulated

[ad_1] At a time when our nation struggles, everyone’s first and foremost concern is the safety of themselves and their loved ones. However, this doesn’t stop Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) from pushing a massive gun grab bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would leave law-abiding Americans defenseless.    Rep. Johnson’s bill, H.R. 5717, the Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act, is nothing “new” or

[ad_1] Our nation continues to struggle with the widespread impact of the COVID-19 virus. By now, everyone should be aware of the new “social distancing” paradigm, where we are all encouraged to avoid large groups of people, and maintain at least six feet of distance between each other when we do interact. Regular washing of our

[ad_1] While the nation continues to struggle with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, we have seen countless reports of various sectors of industry making sacrifices to help with trying to contain and control the pandemic.  This speaks volumes to the nature of what it means to be an American.  In times of crisis, we

[ad_1] As the COVID-19 pandemic makes its way across the country, Americans are getting an important lesson in the dangers of a placing a prior restraint on the exercise of a constitutional right. The vast increase in those seeking protection in the Second Amendment during this period of uncertainty has caused the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and Point

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump is extending the voluntary national shutdown for a month as sickness and death from the coronavirus pandemic rise across the country. The initial 15-day period of social distancing urged by the federal government expires on Monday (Tuesday NZ time) and Trump had expressed interest in relaxing the national guidelines at

[ad_1] Campaign Action “By the order of the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, gun and ammunition stores are not considered essential businesses and must close to the general public…” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a statement Thursday. He’s obviously listed in the NRA’s lawsuit, too, for enforcing the business closures.  “There are hundreds

[ad_1] As NRA is actively fighting gun store closures across the country, President Trump’s newly-updated DHS guidance echoes what the NRA is arguing in court: that firearms and ammunition retailers are “critical infrastructure.”  On March 28, DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency​(“CISA”) updated its guidance on the critical infrastructure that the agency determined should remain open during state shutdown

[ad_1] 03.29.20 – The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has included the  gun industry in their ‘critical infrastructure’ advisory list during coronavirus crisis/Feds Add Gun Companies to ‘Essential’ Business List Amid Coronavirus Outbreak/   We thought this information would be important for you to know.  To read the full articles, click on the link

[ad_1] The Department of Homeland Security added gun dealers, ranges, and manufacturers to its essential business coronavirus-response guide on Saturday.  The updated guidance from DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) now considers “workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges” to be essential. Those industry workers are listed under

[ad_1] Confusion reigns at New Mexico gun stores, where owners say Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency public health order to limit the spread of the new coronavirus has left many wondering whether they’re allowed to stay open or in what capacity. Although the public health order instituted last week unambiguously states all businesses not identified

[ad_1] The National Rifle Association accused Governor Gavin Newsom in a lawsuit of taking away the right of Americans to access firearms by shutting gun stores during the coronavirus outbreak. The nation’s leading gun-rights group filed the complaint Friday in Los Angeles federal court along with two individuals, retailer Gun World and three other firearms

[ad_1] In the midst of some state and local authorities moving to close gun shops during the coronavirus emergency, the Trump administration stepped in Saturday to make clear that such outlets are “essential.” The Second Amendment which guarantees private gun ownership as a constitutional right in the U.S. also extends protections to commercial gun sellers,

[ad_1] The polls say now, as they said three months ago, as the conventional wisdom said six months, a year, two years ago, that A C Wharton, the well-liked Shelby County mayor, is a cinch to be the next elected mayor of Memphis. With the special mayoral election just two weeks away, and with Wharton

[ad_1] 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 NewsomGavin Christopher NewsomCalifornia Gov. Newsom declares statewide moratorium on evictions for renters hit by coronavirus Disneyland and Disney World closed until further notice States brace for massive budget

[ad_1] On March 27th, state Senator Lynda Wilson delivered letters to Governor Jay Inslee explaining why it is essential that citizens are able to access their Second Amendment rights during the COVID-19 crisis. One letter was signed by 46 state lawmakers and the other was signed by 15 law enforcement officials from across the state. You

[ad_1] After most businesses in California were closed under a “Stay at Home” order by Gov. Gavin Newsom on March 19 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, many proprietors didn’t always know who was exempt. So some cannabis shops, gun stores, call centers and others remain open for business as owners wonder whether they are

[ad_1] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared Friday that gun stores can stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic even as many jurisdictions within the state have issued stay-at-home orders. Paxton’s nonbinding opinion says “municipal and county authorities may not use emergency powers to regulate or restrict the sale of firearms.” Texas, the second-largest state by population,