A judge is refusing to block Los Angeles officials from shutting down gun stores as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
It’s at least the second time federal judges in California have declined to intervene in shutdown orders even as similar orders are being challenged nationwide.
“The closure of nonessential businesses, including firearms and ammunition retailers, reasonably fits the city’s and county’s stated objectives of reducing the spread of this disease,” U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. wrote in refusing to issue a temporary restraining order.against Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer called the ruling “an important victory” for the officials’ authority to act. “All our residents and businesses need to comply with the Safer at Home order, to protect our families and help us emerge from this crisis as soon as possible,” Feuer said in a statement. causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.One of the plaintiffs, the Firearms Policy Coalition, in a statement called the ruling an “utterly absurd and misguided constitutional analysis” that allows officials “to continue violating the fundamental, individual rights of millions of people in Los Angeles County.
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