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In Accordance with the Executive Order 20-13 issued on March 28, 2020:
1. We ask that all customers respect the Six (6) foot social distancing standards established by health officials. This includes within the store, classroom area, range area and parking lot waiting to enter.
2. We are restricted to five (5) customer within the store. If you notice, or we establish that we have reached that maximum number we request that you wait in your car until that time that our current number has been reduced.
3. Due to the high volume of firearm purchases, If you have made a purchase on a firearm, we will call you when your state paperwork AND your firearm are in the building. The town has been exceptional in returning BCI paperwork, but our vendors have not been as responsive. Please be patient and we will call you.
4. IF you feel that your wait has been excessive, you can call. We will need the date on TOP of your white slip, your name, and the firearm being picked up. Be patient, our phone has not stopped ringing.
5. If you have not received your Blue Card, that is a DEM issue, not us. Give them time to process all the paperwork that has been sent to them.
Unfortunately we will be remaining closed until at least April 13 due to the recent stay at home order and no way for us to keep up with the suggested cleaning and disinfecting process.
This is what Cape Ann Sportsmans Club did.The other factor is that gun club ranges are not generally open to the public, and those that have public hours have generally been discontinuing those until TEOTWAWKI passes.
I checked the exact wording:
"Governor Charlie Bakerās emergency order requiring that all businesses and organizations that do not provide āCOVID-19 Essential Servicesā close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the public will be extended until May 4. close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the public"
Gun clubs do not have customers and are generally not open to the public. A reasoned approach would be to limit use to outdoor facilities only until TEOTWAWKI passes.
I'm trying to find a link to the order in "original form" - not an HTML navigable page that makes it hard to look at or search the entire thing. I'm interested in what part of the order states is extends to private orgs not open to the public, and also want to read the Section 3 you referred to. Thanks.
Yup. I've been going to my local outdoor range at least twice per week and lately I've had the whole range to myself. Based on previous conversations I had with other members, I think many aren't going because of their lack of ammo and the corona crap. Sucks many didn't buy the ammo cheap and stack it deep...Keep your distance, wash/sanitize your hands frequently, and stick to the outdoor ranges.
I can say for sure that being able to hit the range with my son the past couple weekends has been a huge morale boost for myself and for him. Plus my wife gets some time to herself to decompress.
We did have to adjust our plans a bit since the range we originally wanted to shoot at already had enough people there that adding another group wasn't feasible while keeping appropriate distances from each other. We hit a different range, and all was well.
Sadly, it says "businesses and organizations" and it would be hard to argue that a club is not an organization.I checked the exact wording:
"Governor Charlie Bakerās emergency order requiring that all businesses and organizations that do not provide āCOVID-19 Essential Servicesā close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the public will be extended until May 4. "
Gun clubs do not have customers and are generally not open to the public. A reasoned approach would be to limit use to outdoor facilities only until TEOTWAWKI passes.
Yeah but the exemptions in the order would be easy to follow and allow outdoor ranges to stay open. My local range has been dead on the weekends. Sometimes there might be one other member but there's 10+ benches so it's easy to follow social distancing. And my club has already closed the range to the public so we're covered there.Sadly, it says "businesses and organizations" and it would be hard to argue that a club is not an organization.
Bingo. They aren't covered and to the extent they simply limit indoor services, they are good.I checked the exact wording:
"Governor Charlie Bakerās emergency order requiring that all businesses and organizations that do not provide āCOVID-19 Essential Servicesā close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the public will be extended until May 4. "
Gun clubs do not have customers and are generally not open to the public. A reasoned approach would be to limit use to outdoor facilities only until TEOTWAWKI passes.
Right, so they don't need to shut down. They just need to limit indoor activities. At gun clubs, this is easy. People are doing way more than these orders require.Even if a non-essential businesses or organization is not open to the public and doesn't have customers on site, they generally still have to close their facilities (houses of worship exempted).
If you continue to read the order though, in Section 3, second paragraph, you'll find there is a general exemption for "unenclosed, outdoor areas" provided the social distancing can be maintained. Thus, reading the recent guidance for the order, even some non-essential businesses are allowed to continue, like landscaping, if they can do so outdoors while social distancing.