FOX 29's Steve Keeley has the latest details. BELLMAWR, N.J. - A gym in southern New Jersey has reopened for business in defiance of a state order that shut down nonessential businesses to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.
People began gathering outside the Atilis Gym in Bellmawr several hours before it reopened at 8 a.m. Monday. The owners have said the decision to resume operations at the members-only facility was not about financial gain, but rather a question of Constitutional rights. "We think so far, this has been just a gross violation of constitutional rights," said Atilis Gym owner Ian Smith in an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight. "The 14th Amendment states that no state shall pass any law that infringes upon our rights