A Virginia judge has blocked upwards of 25,000 people from meeting for an indoor gun show at the Dulles Expo Center this weekend.
Organizers of The Nation’s Gun Show filed a lawsuit against Governor Ralph Northam and State Health Commissioner Dr. Norm Oliver, requesting an emergency injunction that would allow their show to take place despite a recent executive order limiting large gatherings due to COVID-19.
The organizers argued that their event constitutes as a “Brick and Mortar” retail business under Northam’s executive order, thus not subject to capacity limits on attendance.
Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Brett Kassabian disagreed, ruling the organizers can not operate the gun show at full capacity.
In his ruling, Judge Kassabian highlighted that the country is “in the throes of a national pandemic we have not seen in over 100 years” and that “a person can unwittingly spread a virus to others with devastating results based on its asymptomatic nature.”
He concluded by saying the injunction to allow the event is not in the public’s best interest.
1st Amendment – Freedom of peaceful assembly
2nd Amendment – Shall not be Infringed.
To hell with these anti-Constitution judges!