{"id":733,"date":"2020-04-10T10:48:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorsportsnation.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:22:57","slug":"michigan-governors-new-stay-at-home-order-appears-to-leaves-gun-stores-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorsportsnation.com\/michigan-governors-new-stay-at-home-order-appears-to-leaves-gun-stores-open\/pentecostkyle12\/hunting\/04\/10\/2020\/733\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Governor’s New Stay at Home Order Appears to Leave Gun Stores Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"COVID-19<\/p>\n

UPDATE: We are continuing to monitor the situation and will update as clarification is made regarding the impact of the ‘Stay at Home Order’ on firearm retailers.\u00a0 If you have any information about Gun stores closing or work at a gun store please tell us about it in the comments– we would love to follow up with you!<\/em><\/p>\n

During the COVID-19 Pandemic–amid nationwide state by state shutdowns the question has persisted of whether or not a Firearms and Ammo store is an essential business.\u00a0 Officials in Los Angeles County California have gone back and forth on whether gun stores should be shuttered or not.\u00a0 The Sheriff of Los Angeles County initially shut them down.<\/p>\n

When a suggested classification was put forth by the department of homeland security as to what businesses were essential, the department listed: “Workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges.” This fell under the Law Enforcement heading on the website put forth by DHS CISA called “Guidance on the essential critical infrastructure workforce.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Seemingly, this resolved the question of whether or not Firearms and Ammo Retail stores were essential.\u00a0 However, according to an article by the LA Times<\/a>, the case (brought by suit from the NRA) has now made it to a district judge who on April 6th ruled that LA county can shut down gun stores.<\/p>\n

In Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an extension to the Stay At Home order on Thursday, April 9th, 2020, which seemed to further restrict activities residents could engage in and businesses that could remain open.\u00a0 Conspicuously missing from the new order (the full text of which can be found here<\/a>) is any direct mention of Firearm manufacturers or retailers.<\/p>\n

There has been confusion statewide on the question of whether the Government was ordering Firearm Retailers to shut down.\u00a0 Initially, many gun stores did close, but reopened as the Department of Homeland Security released their updated guidance on essential business.\u00a0 Some have remained closed.<\/p>\n

The text of the new Stay at Home order appears to be an exhaustive list that does not leave anything open to interpretation.\u00a0 In fact, on page 4 of the Order, the document specifically mentions, “For purposes of this order, critical infrastructure workers are those workers <\/span>described by the\u00a0<\/span>Director\u00a0of the U.S.\u00a0Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security<\/span>\u00a0Agency in his guidance of March 19, 2020, on the COVID-19 response.”<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So, while the new stay at home order does not specifically mention the Gun and Ammunition stores they defer to the Department of Homeland Security for the designations of businesses and workers essential for critical infrastructure.\u00a0 The Department of Homeland Security has specifically mentioned Gun stores as a\u00a0 business that should remain open.<\/p>\n

Since outdoor activities such as Hunting are still permitted under the new order–and the gun stores are allowed to stay open you should have no problem picking up that box of Shells for your turkey hunt<\/a> in a week or so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Whitmer issued an extension to the Stay At Home order adding new restrictions. 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