BROKEN: Gun and Ammo Sales Strong

[MineralMan]

Consumers Rush To Gun Shops in Pandemic

by I.M. Reddy

One segment of the US economy does not appear to be adversely impacted by the COVID-19 virus, or the Chinese Virus as Donald Trump calls it. Gun shops are doing record business, despite calls for so-called "Social Distancing." We visited Duke's Deadly Weapons, a firearms mega mall in DuMass, TX yesterday to find out more.

Owner Duke Arsehoal had only a few words to offer in explanation, "Folks need more guns and ammo in dangerous times. Wanna AR-15? Get in line over there."

In the line, we spoke to a customer who was unwilling to tell us his name. He said, "I just bought 100 cases of Charmin, and I've gotta protect my investment. In a week, folks will be short on asswipe, and I aim to score big. I can't take no chances of getting robbed by TP Rustlers."

After getting threatening looks from other patrons at Duke's, we cut our visit short, out of an abundance of caution.

[Polybius]

1. Can states shut down gun shops as part of non-essentials closures?

Or can this be challenged under the 2nd Amendment?

[Amishman]

2. PA included gun shops in their general shutdown

And they are facing a fairly strong lawsuit from a gun shop and prominent gun rights law firm... In my county.

Reading the challenge, it seems to have a fairly decent argument (at least on the executive authority angle). They might need to rush legislation through instead of doing it through the governors authority

https://princelaw.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/filed-application-for-extraordinary-relief.pdf

The shop in question is also refusing to close. I'm not sure local law enforcement will be willing to shut them down either.

[MineralMan]

4. Duke Sez: Molon Labe...

[msongs]

3. one suspects most people buying guns/ammo already have a gun or 30 nt

[Turin_C3PO]

5. Lol

[MineralMan]

6. Thanks!

[hunter]

7. If I have need of guns or toilet paper I'll know where to get them...

... when the virus takes down these hoarders and gun fetishists.

[Alacritous Crier]

8. They certainly worship these things -- nt

[Hoyt]

9. Gun-strokers always looking for another reason to shoot people and buy more weapons.

The marketeers know their targets:

[customerserviceguy]

10. A friend

from my old town in New York reported on his Facebook page that there was a big line outside of the local gun shop. Yes, this is a town that is close enough to New Rochelle.

[JCMach1]

11. The fear is very, very real

[Blue_true]

12. I went to Walmart for the first time in a while today.

I saw a guy walking out that had just purchased a rifle. You would think people that apparently think like him would already have plenty of guns. What do they think, in an emergency, they are going to grow arms and hands to shoot multiple guns at once?

[marlakay]

13. My daughter in San Antonio, her neighbor called

Her and asked what gun she should buy. Her husband is in the military so she assumed they had guns. Whats scary is she will easily buy one in Texas and has never shot a gun before. What could go wrong?!

She told her, we are from CA and have never owned guns, my husband only has one when they send him overseas. He has a desk job now.