From FOX 11 Los Angeles:
LA County Sheriff orders gun stores to close; adds 1,300 deputies to patrol
In a sit-down interview with FOX 11, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva declared gun stores as nonessential businesses that will be forced to close.
Sheriff Villanueva also said he’s adding 1,300 deputies to patrol, that he’s released 1,700 nonviolent inmates from county jails, and criticized how local politicians have handled the messaging behind the numerous stay-at-home orders.
That’s 1,300 deputies who can’t arrest any of those 1,700 inmates who just of a golden “get out of jail free” ticket courtesy of the ChiComs.
One clear message that Villanueva is sending, is on gun stores.
“We will be closing them, they are not an essential function,” Villanueva said. “I’m a supporter of the 2nd amendment, I’m a gun owner myself, but now you have the mixture of people that are not formerly gun owners and you have a lot more people at home and anytime you introduce a firearm in a home, from what I understand from CDC studies, it increases fourfold the chance that someone is gonna get shot.”
I’m calling bullshit on Villanueva being a supporter of the 2nd Amendment. He is a life long Democrat, born and raised in Chicago, and elected to be the Sheriff of Los Angeles County. He’s a gun owner because he has a badge and believes that makes him super special.
Also, the CDC study he cites is bullshit too.
San Diego County has also declared gun stores to be non-essential but has as of yet forced their closure.
From KPBS San Diego:
Gun Stores Remain Open Despite ‘Non-Essential’ Classification
Gun stores in San Diego County are seeing record sales during the coronavirus outbreak, but county officials say the stores should not be open under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order. They say gun stores are not included in the list of “essential businesses.”
“We consulted with our county counsel. It is not our belief that gun stores are essential businesses, and they should not be open in the county of San Diego,” said County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher on Sunday.
The state system to sell guns and conduct background checks is still working. But enforcing the “essential business” order is up to local jurisdictions.
“If gun shops are not in compliance we would like to know about it and have the appropriate law enforcement agency make contact,” said San Diego County Supervisor Greg Cox.
Fletcher said officials are looking for the public’s help in reporting non-essential businesses that are still open.
It is my suspicion that San Diego will start to force gun stores to close now that LA forced closures, probably with pressure from the state governor’s office.
The Left is currently arguing that gun stores are not essential businesses.
Case in point, Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich quoting from the Wall Street Journal.
The gun industry is lobbying to have gun stores categorized as "essential businesses" allowed to remain open during the nationwide coronavirus shutdowns.
A better idea: Shut down gun stores AND shut down all lobbyists. https://t.co/cerd30FPcX
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 24, 2020
It’s all the gun lobbies. Not the fact that the 2nd Amendment is a Constitutionally protected right and the idea of denying people that right by shutting down stores during a crisis is Constitutionally dubious.
Remember that the NRA sued New Orleans over the fact that the city government used Hurricane Katrina to violate citizens’ 2nd and 4th Amendment rights.
The fact that Democrat cities have taken the two-prong approach of announcing that they are not arresting people for a wide range of “non-violent” crimes and are letting some criminals go has frightened citizens into buying guns shows just how essential gun store are.
That said, I think there is a lesson to be learned here for any small gun shop.
Set aside one area of shelving for bleach, medical supplies, water, paper towels and toilet paper, and a few other emergency items. The declare yourself a convenience store since those are on the essential workforce list.
So a stores that sells products backed up by a constitutional right are not essential during a crisis but booze stores and 7-11’s are?
SMH
Maybe it will take another seriously bad L.A. riot or 2 before people in Californistan figure out that voting for DemonKKKrats is deadly.
I wonder how Sheriff Jackboot would like it if someone started publishing the home addresses of his deputies, along with notes on when they’re most likely to be out. Is it harsh? Certainly, but at this point they’ve pretty much declared war on the citizenry.
New Orleans mayor closing down sales of firearms. Slow learners? Most people in La probably laughing at her.
Indiana explicitly lists guns stores as essential.
Your last paragraph recommendation sounds very much like a popular meme a while back: ATF should be a chain of convenience stores, NOT a government agency!
Anytime someone says something like, ” I support the ‘blank,’ BUT… ” you can ignore everything before the BUT because they are lying. What they really mean is, “I don’t support that, and here is why I don’t support it.”