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‘It’s our constitutional right’: Washington barbershop opens doors in defiance of lockdown orders

By Andrew Mark Miller
Published May 6, 2020 4:44pm ET
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‘It’s our constitutional right’: Washington barbershop opens doors in defiance of lockdown orders
Without a license to barber, cutting hair in Arizona is a crime. It's written right in the state's law code that "a person shall not perform or attempt to perform cosmetology without a license or practice in any place other than in a licensed salon." | Ancika

A Washington barber reopened his business Saturday despite the state’s stay-at-home orders, citing his “constitutional right.”

A long line of customers formed outside of Stag Barber and Styling in Snohomish, Washington, over the weekend after owner Bob Martin made the decision to open despite the state’s stay-at-home order recently being extended by Gov. Jay Inslee until the end of May, according to KIRO 7 News.

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