I'm not even washing my hands, rolling around in manure to build up my immune system........ Heads up, Sarcasm doesn't translate well over the internet supposedly
I'm in a stupid Commonwealth, so liquor stores are closed under state law..... Genius idea with these circumstances
Here's a secret, I hate all the blends the local wineries make from these varietals I'm baby sitting! Lol, it's true.... Actually not much going on in this 7a zone ATM, back breaking days are incoming.
Be safe friends
I hit Delaware Total wine yesterday
Guns and tests
“Right now in America, it is easier to get an AR-15 than a test kit for COVID-19.”
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, March 13
Earlier this month, as confusion over screening for the coronavirus mounted, Sen. Bob Casey vented on Twitter about the scarcity of tests needed to determine who has the virus.
“Right now in America, it is easier to get an AR-15 than a test kit for COVID-19,” the Democrat from Pennsylvania tweeted March 13.
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Right now in America, it is easier to get an AR-15 than a test kit for COVID-19.
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) March 13, 2020
We wanted to know how Pennsylvanians’ access to firearms compares with the availability of coronavirus tests in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs. The answer illustrates how quickly things change as government officials scramble to combat the spread of the virus.
When Casey sent that tweet more than a week ago, there were no restrictions on gun sales and demand was high. Customers eyeing a rifle like an AR-15 would have needed to pass an instant background check and show proof that they were over 18. That’s standard procedure.
Anxious customers were so eager to stock up on guns and ammo that the line outside a South Philadelphia firearms dealer one recent day stretched out the door and down the block.
Meanwhile, tests for the coronavirus were extremely scarce. It was that same day (March 13) that President Donald Trump acknowledged the shortage, declared coronavirus a national emergency, and vowed to make 500,000 tests available the following week. That means Casey’s statement at the time was accurate.
But a lot can change in a few days – especially during a pandemic.
Pennsylvania’s gun background check system is still “running full bore,” said Trooper Brent Miller, a spokesperson for the State Police, despite rumors that it had been shut down.
However, sales of firearms ground to a halt Friday after Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all businesses not considered “life-sustaining” to close their doors and many counties stopped issuing new license-to-carry permits.
And while there are nowhere near as many coronavirus tests available as Trump promised there would be when he spoke on March 13, the number of Pennsylvanians getting tested is climbing steadily each day. There are now more than a dozen testing sites open in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, and state health officials say more than 5,000 people have been tested so far.
It was easier to get an AR-15 than a coronavirus test when Casey sent that tweet. Things are different now. There’s still a devastating scarcity of coronavirus tests, but until Pennsylvania gun sellers are allowed to reopen, it will be easier for people to get a test than to get a semiautomatic rifle.
