A federal judge on Monday denied a request to force Ventura County, Calif., to reopen gun stores forced to close in response to the coronavirus. 
March 2020 set the record for most gun sales of any month in the history of the FBI's background check system, according to an industry analysis released Wednesday. Industry group Small Arms Analytics and Forecasting (SAAF) estimates that more than 2.5 million firearms were sold in the United States in March as fears over the effects of the coronavirus spread. The buying craze marked the busiest month on record for gun stores, even as some faced shutdown orders from state and local authorities, according to the analysis. 
Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker (R.) reversed course and shut down gun dealers in the state on Wednesday after previously labeling them "essential." 
Sheriffs in California and North Carolina reversed course Monday and lifted emergency policies that prevented people from purchasing firearms.
New Jersey gun stores will re-open after Democrat governor Phil Murphy abandoned an attempted statewide shutdown stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. 
A collection of Second Amendment activists filed a pair of federal lawsuits on Friday targeting sheriffs in California and North Carolina over mandatory coronavirus-related shutdowns of gun stores and background check systems, respectively. Many states and localities are attempting to slow the spread of novel coronavirus through emergency shutdown orders that have effectively barred millions of Americans from legally purchasing guns. 
Pennsylvania gun stores will remain open on a limited basis after Democratic governor Tom Wolf reversed course on his emergency coronavirus shut-down order on Tuesday.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Sunday night denied an emergency request that would have blocked a gubernatorial order mandating the closure of gun retailers in response to the novel coronavirus. 
A top-gun rights group is challenging the state-ordered shutdown of "non-essential" businesses because of the coronavirus outbreak, and leading Second Amendment advocates say more could be in store. 