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03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:03 pm

Trump Admin Names Gun Makers, Retailers Essential Businesses Nationwide

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020 ... ationwide/

srothstein wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:50 pm

chasfm11 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:55 am3. No politician is going to risk closing the liquor stores. It is said about code enforcement that they do it to the level the public will tolerate. I think closing liquor stores would exceed the public's tolerance.

Well, not in Texas. The Pennsylvania government has ordered all liquor stores in the state to shut down. There were some articles about how they should reconsider this because people could go into withdrawal and die from it.

But PA has always had very strict laws on liquor. They own all of the liquor stores and no one can sell liquor other than by the drink but them. So they cannot even close their own stores without arguments now.

ELB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 12:41 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:44 am

Ruark wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:29 am Yeah, you go in some stores like Home Depot, Lowe's, Walmart, Target, Office Depot, etc. and people are just buying all kinds of stuff as usual.

I was in Walmart on Tuesday picking up a water hose. The place was full of people buying everything but food. They were picking the garden department clean. I was in line behind a lady with three kids and a cart full of gardening supplies and plants. I kind of found it comforting that not everyone has been completely scared out of their minds.

There are places where the local government has ordered "non-essential" businesses (that sell, for example, bird seed or furniture) to shut down, while allowing "essential business" (that sell food, gas, and the like) to remain open. Then the "non-essential" businesses complained that the "essential businesses" who had multiple product lines (like Walmart) were being allowed to sell "non-essential" products like birdseed and furniture, to the obvious disadvantage of the "non-essential" businesses selling the same thing that were forced to close. So now there are orders requiring the "essential businesses" to sell only "essential products."

Happy that Texas, at least my part of it, has avoided this so far.

chasfm11 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:55 am I have several thoughts.

1. There was some discussion among the political leaders that there should be a "consistent" approach to the restrictions. Collin County is taking the heat for declaring all businesses essential because people from surrounding communities could go there to shop. I thought: consistent approach..hummmm. Welcome to gun control laws.

2. In that regard, several of the counties seem to copy-catting Dallas County. I would get that some of smaller counties around Harris or Travis might do the same. That is why the executive orders have the same language.

3. No politician is going to risk closing the liquor stores. It is said about code enforcement that they do it to the level the public will tolerate. I think closing liquor stores would exceed the public's tolerance.

4. Veering a bit off topic, NY is one of the hot spots for the virus. In February and even early March, their political leaders were encouraging risky behavior in public gatherings. The big Chinese new year's celebration is what bringing in a lot of business to that area and they were out there promoting it.

Ruark wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:29 am Yeah, you go in some stores like Home Depot, Lowe's, Walmart, Target, Office Depot, etc. and people are just buying all kinds of stuff as usual.

parabelum wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:35 am

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:33 am I think hair cuts are essential. I am starting to look like Wolfman Jack!

At least you have hair Sir

Side note, pm on the way for AC check if you’re available.

carlson1 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:28 pm How about, “if you want to stay home stay home and if don’t want to stay home don’t.”

Rafe wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 2:43 pm

Paladin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:01 am

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:33 am I think hair cuts are essential. I am starting to look like Wolfman Jack!

We're down to Flowbee's:

The dear wife has been urging me to keep my hair shorter for summer. She doesn't like it long anyway. Says it makes me look like I'm trying to pretend to be younger. Being Day 1 of Harris County's stay-at-home order and all (and Day 55 of the Coronapocalypse counting from Jan 30 when the WHO declared a public health emergency), she sat me down this morning and grabbed the clippers and scissors. Not a bur or a crew, but I'm now sporting a high-and-tight with a little length left on top. I think my ears look like open taxicab doors. But it definitely is cooler.

ScottDLS wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:24 am On a positive note Denton County included gun and ammunition retailers as essential in their order which went into effect last night.

RPBrown wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:36 am

carlson1 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:21 pm I know this a car wash and liquor store in Irving is essential, but my church is not.

I thought the same thing

Liberty wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:18 pm I find it strange that Houston Galveston and New York refuse to shut down public transit systems. People crammed into tin cans coughing and sneezing all the while moving them across town. How is this safer than eating at your favorite restaurant? Leftist hate automobiles but love taxpayer funded trains and busses.