Governor Needs To Reconsider Business Closings

Many of these "emergency actions" by Gov. "Malevolent Michelle" Lujan Grisham and other governors don't make much sense to a lot of people, including myself. Her closure of gun stores has already invited a big fat lawsuit in federal court.

Once this coronavirus "crisis" is over, many of these politicians will have much to answer for. Some have taken advantage of scared people in snatching up their constitutional rights and liberties in the name of "public health and safety."

There's an excellent opinion piece in The Eastern New Mexico News. 

Here's the first part:

These are extraordinary times. They call for extraordinary measures. But let’s not give up our liberty — especially when government’s “help” in trying to save us from ourselves doesn’t make any sense and won’t prove helpful. 

Recent executive orders from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham are undoubtedly intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But they are not all well-reasoned and won’t stand up to scrutiny when this is over. 

Take for example the governor’s list of “non-essential” businesses that must close until the virus is under control. 

Furniture stores, arts/crafts stores, flower shops, liquor stores and most other specialty shops are all effectively closed until who knows when. But their competitors — national big-box stores that sell everything from chicken nuggets to garden tools — are allowed to stay open. 

The purpose is for life to go on as normally as possible while we try to shelter in place with things we need. The result is crowds in the stores that are open, which defeats the whole idea of social distancing. Meanwhile the mom/pop shops that seldom had crowds big enough to make a basketball team may never recover from the governor’s good intentions. 

If it’s truly necessary that we stay away from each other — there is plenty of evidence to support that theory — then a better idea would be to let every private business stay open, and ask that each limit sales to curbside. That’s a more level playing field, and it’s a reasonable option for containing disease by keeping crowds small and individuals six feet apart.

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