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Gun Stores ARE Essential

Posted by Mitchell Tyler | 03.30.2020

With the Governor of Virginia issuing Executive Order 55 on March 30, there is a stay-at-home order now in effect until June 10 (unless rescinded or extended). At this time, this does allow for SafeSide retail stores to remain open under current social distancing and customer count guidelines.  We are open 12pm-8pm Mon-Sat and 1pm-6pm on Sunday.  

On March 28th, the Department of Homeland Security placed Firearms Manufacturers, Retails, and Ranges on the list of "essential" businesses.

Under EO53, you could be stopped or questioned if you are out. We are providing the letter below in PDF and JPG format so that you can display to law enforcement if needed.

Range members/users: we are still waiting for the governor to amend EO53 to remove indoor ranges to be in line with the new DHS guidelines. So far, this has NOT happened.

JPG (click to enlarge/download)

PDF (click to enlarge/download)


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