Millions of Americans want to get on with their lives. They believe the COVID-19 crisis has been overblown or that the detrimental effects of the lockdown are worse than the risks associated with the disease. Many have engaged in civil disobedience, including the owners of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, NJ. Now the borough council in Camden County has voted to rescind their business license over repeatedly reopening in defiance of Democratic Governor Phil Murphy’s draconian lockdown orders.
According to NJ.com:
The Bellmawr council voted 5 to 1 to rescind the mercantile license of Atilis Gym after an hour-long hearing that featured comments from the gym owners’ attorney, the borough’s lawyer and council members. One of the gym owners, Ian Smith, sat in the council chamber, along with a half dozen police officers and 10 members of the public allowed to attend in seats spaced 6-feet apart.
“Anybody who didn’t already have their minds made up would have made the right choice,” Smith said outside of the hearing.
One of the last times he was inside the Bellmawr municipal complex, earlier this month, he was in handcuffs after being arrested. This time he entered on his own free will but the circumstance was equally unpleasant.
Lest we forget, nobody is forced to go to the gym if it’s open. With face mask and social distancing mandates in place, there should be very little concern from those who are terrified of the coronavirus since their contact is so limited with others. If people choose to take the risk, whether it’s by going to the gym or doing whatever they want to do with their lives, that should be their choice. In New Jersey, you’re not allowed to think for yourself.
This is all about the radical left’s need for everyone to live in fear. Their authoritarianism can only shine brightest when the people are no free. To take those freedoms, they will use whatever means necessary to make us comply.
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