PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 17, 2020
In a recent column for the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Douglas Rooks asked whether gun shops were “essential businesses” and questioned Gov. Mills’ decision to designate them so. Rural small businesses, like gun shops, are a product of necessity, unlike a big-box store that relies on selling high volumes of cheaper-made products with little, if any, service after the sale. I believe gun shops are essential businesses and should remain open as the pathway to exercising an individual’s right under the Constitution. ~ David Trahan, Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine