Posted on 03/28/2020 8:00:33 PM PDT by rktman
President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security released updated guidelines naming gun manufacturers and retailers as essential on Saturday, which means they are to stay open and operational nationwide during a Chinese coronavirus shutdown.
The DHS guidelines list as essential:
Workers supporting the manufacturing of safety equipment and uniforms for law enforcement, public safety personnel, and first responders. Workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges.
The Second Amendment Foundation’s Alan Gottlieb commented on the DHS declaration, saying, “Every freedom loving American owes President Trump and his administration a very big thank you for protecting our Second Amendment Rights. This is another Trump promise made and promise kept.”
The DHS declaration comes just days after Governor Phil Murphy (D) laughed in the face of a man who expressed concern that the statewide shutdown in New Jersey had put an end to gun sales, thereby eliminating the ability to get a firearm for self-defense.
Breitbart News reported the concerned man asking Murphy, “If less guns reduce crime, will you give up your personal bodyguards?”
Murphy responded by intimating that he and the citizen had a philosophical difference in the role guns play, with the governor believing “a safer society has fewer guns, not more guns. And the guns that do exist are in the hands of the right people — particularly trained members of law enforcement.”
The governor then giggled, referenced an armed law enforcement member next to him, and said, “It is what it is.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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Guns , bacon and beans.
I guess we are hunkering down for the long haul!
Gotta Love Our President Trump!!!
You OK ?
What about whiskey distilleries?
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They ought to be declared essential because some are diverting their alcohol production to hand sanitizer production.
Yippee I am essential since I manufacture my own reloads.
Can I get part of the hoaxdemic stimuli?
Yes on suppressors. I have been holding off buying a few more. My gut feel this restrictions will be lifted second term
Perfect for shooting up malls where people aren’t socially isolating. Can’t have them spreading Covid-19, can we?/trolling lefty lurkers
We got guns, and we got whiskey. Let’s go to Dodge and let’s get frisky. Yeeehaw!!
The list of essential is interesting
https://www.cisa.gov/publication/guidance-essential-critical-infrastructure-workforce
fuel ethanol is in there. Just claim you run on whiskey.
You’ll have to only do buck shot. Bird shot is not essential, because you’re unlikely to be attacked by a vengeful duck.
Bump for index reference
Can we fire up the still?
Depends on your risk aversion. The revenoors are essential, and always on the lookout to feather their own nests.
My hero!
But you can’t buy guns at Dicks Sporting Goods, or Walmart, or a host of one time gun sellers. You can buy cigarettes.
Just bought a new Henry side load .45-70 from Walmart last week. It was nestled among a crap ton of other rifles and shotguns on display, and I got it at a steal compared to other prices I know they are getting for it elsewhere.
Most Americans who aren’t avid hunters need handguns for home protection and for concealed carry purposes when they go to church or park their cars in store lots.
Stick THAT, LA Sheriff.
Pending retaking the house and the replacements having a set... and then getting some push.
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