According to Firearm Chronicles
Right now, COVID-19 has changed the way a lot of things get done. It’s also created an insane patchwork of measures that some folks may be having a hard time dealing with right now. After all, there are so many guidelines that it’s difficult for anyone to keep up with everything.
As a result, at least one county in Maryland is asking the state for some clarification.
Montgomery County Council wrote to the state last week asking it to make sure gun shops are following social distancing orders and that background checks for gun purchases are completed in a timely basis.
Council Vice President Tom Hucker explained the impetus for the letter, which was sent to Gov. Larry Hogan, arose after he saw a photo circulating on social media of “long lines out the door and around the block” at Atlantic Guns on Bonifant Street in Silver Spring soon after restrictions about social distancing were put in place.
Gun sales are up in Maryland, according to the FBI’s National Institute Criminal Background Check System (NICS). There were 5,810 background checks for gun permits conducted in March of this year. During the same month in 2019, there were 4,123.