Firearms dealers in Massachusetts can re-open their stores starting at noon Saturday, May 9 and can see customers by appointment, a federal judge has ruled.
The judge's preliminary injunction overturns Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's executive order of March 23 closing gun shops as among what his administration considered non-essential businesses.
In Connecticut, the threat coronavirus poses is mostly in nursing homes.
About 88 percent of coronavirus deaths reported in the state last week were nursing home patients, according to The Hartford Courant. In all, there were 545 deaths, 481 of which were nursing home patients. The other 64 deaths came from people living outside of nursing homes.
