Just Shoot the Virus

The Portland Sun reports that Sumner County residents are prepared to take on COVID-19 with guns. While possibly a better suggestion than President Trump's proposal to inject people with Lysol or Clorox, it's not clear whether shooting at Coronavirus actually works to slow the spread. (HINT: IT DOESN'T).

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Gun sales have increased since the beginning of March, according to one Sumner County gun shop. 

Owner of Sumner Gun & Supply Ken Winter says that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, gun sales have increased drastically for both first time gun buyers and gun enthusiasts. 

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While Sumner Countians are stocked up on guns (and maybe Lysol), Gov. Bill Lee plans to "re-open" Tennessee next week, including at dine-in restaurants. Sumner County is among the locations "allowed" to re-open, and there's been no word from local leaders that they'll extend "Stay Home" orders beyond what Lee proposes. This despite Sumner County having the third-highest number of cases in the state and the second-highest number of COVID-19 deaths.

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