People wait in line to enter gun seller Tanner's Sports Center in Jamison, Pa., Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Pennsylvania's state-run background check system for gun purchases processed about three times its typical daily rate on Tuesday, as guns and ammunition have been flying off store shelves nationwide. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
March 26, 2020
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March 26, 2020 10:03 p.m.
Are gun shops 'essential' businesses during a pandemic?
In some parts of the U.S., authorities say gun shops aren't essential businesses and should close during stay-at-home orders meant to slow the coronavirus. In other places, officials are stopping background checks for concealed carry permits. Elsewhere, city leaders have invoked emergency powers allowing bans on gun sales.