When it really happens: SHTF...

[Aragorn243]

Few odd things going on here both locally and at the national level.

First at the local level. The legislature passed a bill allowing school districts to determine how many people can attend games and matches at the high school level. Today the Governor vetoed it which he promised he would do. The Legislature has called a special session for tomorrow to override this veto. They don't normally do that if they don't have the votes but it does require Democrat support to override the veto so we'll see. Why is this important. Because the Governor has set unrealistic guidelines that make virtually zero sense in determining how many people are allowed. For a Football game, 250 people max can be in the stadium. This is just asinine. With the football teams, the home cheerleaders, the coaching staff, it allows 25 people to come watch the game OUTSIDE no less in stadiums designed to hold thousands. Not hundreds, THOUSANDS. Small schools may only hold a few thousand, larger schools maybe 10,000 or more so this rule doesn't even bother consideration of spacing, etc. Indoor sports are allowed 50 so no spectators for many of them. In fact in some cases, some members of the teams have to sit in the hall because they will be over the limit if the entire team is in the gym.

So there's that.

The Governor's mandates, at least part of them, were determined to be unconstitutional a week or so ago by a FEDERAL judge. His pet state Supreme Court has no say in the matter. He promised he would appeal, he did, he lost he is now judge shopping to find a judge that will overturn the first one. This guy is NUTS.

Restaurants are not allowed to operate at 50% capacity as of yesterday. Which essentially means it's safer to go eat in a restaurant that now is allowed 100 people than it is to go sit in a gymnasium that holds 1000 and at 50% capacity would hold 500, plus the teams, coaches and refs.

On the national level, there is some weird stuff coming out of CDC reports and personnel. Apparently the PCR test they are using to get all these positive cases is extremely sensitive and has a positive result for extremely small amount of Covid and/or Covid related viruses and as this is #19, there are all sorts of things that can supposedly get a positive result. Apparently they have known this for some time and people, not sure who, is keeping it quiet. Politicians would be my guess. So Covid-19 is not nearly as spread as we have been lead to believe. Or it has spread so much faster and further and antibodies are showing as positive results for people that had it, got over it and never knew they had it.

[Ovidio]

I’m traveling like crazy right now. Yesterday and today in Switzerland. Just got home and, tomorrow, I’ll drive to Austria to see customers. Thursday in Vienna and then back home.
Next week Germany again, like last week.
I’m trying to get as much as possible done before countries will start to shut down again. Or companies...
I’m not eager to travel again as in the past, but I deem it necessary right now in order not to regret it in a few weeks...

[Aragorn243]

I misunderstood what is going on between the Judge and the Governor. The Governor asked the Judge who called his policies unconstitutional to grant a stay until it can be appealed which would keep his policies in place until decided by a later court. The judge denied this request which means his ruling takes effect immediately. Many schools are now opening up their sporting events to spectators.

The judge stated the governor did not provide any reasoning behind the distinctions between gatherings of people for events and the shopping of customers in stores. Big box stores for instance are limited not by number but by square footage capacity. Gymnasiums and stadiums should have the same ability.

I noticed our Walmart removed all the barriers at the entrance to the store and no longer have someone counting people as they enter and exit. Not sure where this change was authorized but it was rather pointless anyway as they never came close to their capacity. Perhaps the judges ruling considered this also. I believe they were allowed 1100 people inside the store at any given time and they average low hundreds. And that's the key point in the judges ruling. An average Walmart is allowed 1100 people and is inside while a football stadium is allowed 250 and it outside.

[Ovidio]

It just takes a bit of responsible behaviour.
When you’re by yourself, do like you prefer.
When there are people around, keep distance.
If not possible, wear a mask.
Without stress, without talking badly to people. I know some people are scared, so I take these small precautions.
But there it starts and ends.

[browningautorifle]

I noticed our Walmart removed all the barriers at the entrance to the store and no longer have someone counting people as they enter and exit. Not sure where this change was authorized but it was rather pointless anyway as they never came close to their capacity.

Our Walmart on the other hand had deemed it needful that all wear masks inside. It's not law nor is it a municipal bylaw. Just their store policy...just them.

[usabaker]

The Pandemic and even more all the routing and unrest is making ammo harder and harder to come by in San Diego, California, unless you want to pay 50% more than normal prices for it. I was getting TulAmmo 7.62x39 between 9.00 and 12.00 dollars for a box of 20 rounds, now that same ammo is $20.00 for 20 rounds. Gun Sale up 80% in swing states, this number would be even bigger if there were firearms and ammo to be had.


Gun sales in major swing states up nearly 80% this year: Will it have any bearing on election outcome?

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[fjruple]

Well it is time for another update on the gun business in New Jersey. Another wave of "shoppers" is hitting the shop after the Louisville, KY protest. Mostly all are new to the world firearms. The shop found a supplier who has been a god send for the shop. Glocks and Sig Sauer are still primer 9mm handgun to purchase, it seems that many are being sold by wholesalers directly on gun sales web sites for well above the MSRP. And they are get the prices, which leaves the small shops like us looking for anything that shoots a 9mm cartridge. There appears to be little or no hunting season this year as just about all firearms and ammunition being produced are tactical in nature. Tactical rifles is 5.56mm, Tactical shotguns in 12 and 20 gauge, and any 9mm handguns. The shop received yesterday about 75 9mm handguns, made by S&W, FNH, a Walther Q5, Girshan copies of the Glock and Beretta 92G. We also received a nice package of 12 guage pump shotgun from Black Aces which includes an extra 28" barrel and extended magazine tube, pistol grip and folding stock in a hard roller Boyd type case, really nice. we also received a bunch of Steven AR 5.56mm type platforms which will have to be made NJ compliant before they leave the shop. Also 6 Troy A4 Others in 5.56mm with a 10.5 inch barrel. I did notice that Troy changed the configuration of their lowers on their gun. Ammunition is still very hard to get only one case of 9mm to last the week. We will probably only allow one box sale with a 9mm handgun purchase. Got several cases of 9mm hollow points but they are illegal in NJ for self-defense. People still buys them. Today should be a madhouse to purchase firearms and ammunition. It looks like it will be another end of the day bourbon night. LOL!! Stay healthy and well armed!!

[Ovidio]

And, again, enjoy the bourbon!

[Aragorn243]

Glad I stockpile ammo and never shoot any of it. Finally made me a wise gun owner. I started buying more as soon as I got wind of this pandemic and for the first time ever, the wife didn't complain. Still buying on occasion but now it's mostly hunting rounds because that's all there is.

Our "fair" started last night and runs till tomorrow evening. Seven food vendors. Carneys who make their living doing this but no possible way they are making any money this year. Our fair has at least 50 of them for six full days. These poor bastards get three short evenings. Better than nothing I suppose and there were big lines for 5 out of the 7. The two that didn't have lines really didn't have to prepare anything, just show up fully stocked. Soft ice cream and the candy apple, cotton candy guys. Football game had spectators tonight but looked like families. The band was allowed to attend tonight also so there was more normalcy to it. We still watched on TV. My wife and I don't want to take away someone's opportunity when they have a kid there in the band, cheerleaders or on the football team.

As for Walmart, we've had to wear masks for months in the store and that hasn't changed. A lot of people didn't and they never really enforced it but the vast majority wear them.

[Aragorn243]

Something's bothering me. I'm a numbers guy as you guys know by now. My home state of Pennsylvania has a higher mortality rate from Covid than Italy does. Yet there was never any sort of real problem here from Covid. The hospitals were never overrun, not even in Philly. Most people don't even know anyone who died from it. Yet Italy is portrayed here at least as a disaster area with coffins piled up all over the place. I'm assuming this actually happened in one or two places but not all over Italy. I know how the media works. I also understand that Europeans think the United States is some sort of disaster area due to all the media reports when in actuality we are doing our best to go about our normal lives despite what the state governors are restricting us too. Mortality rates as a whole in the US are much lower than nearly every "western" nation in the world despite our "huge" numbers.