==US==
[[File:Hypocritical Pelosi.jpeg|thumb|right|170px|Democrat [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] seen here entering a public hair salon without a face mask during lockdown.]]
Stay-at-home orders were executive [[diktat]]s by governors or county officials commanding people to remain at home during a prolonged period of weeks or months, such as during an alleged public health emergency. These orders have been used largely by [[liberal]]s in public office to attempt to illegally close churches and gun stores, in violation of both the [[First Amendment]] (covering the freedoms of religion and assembly) and the [[Second Amendment]] (covering the right to lawful gun ownership), as well as many stores, movie theatres, restaurants and schools, and usually have exemptions for [[abortion]] clinics<ref>[https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/490247-judge-blocks-texas-from-banning-abortion-as-part-of-coronavirus Judges block Texas, Ohio, Alabama from banning abortion as part of coronavirus response]</ref> and liquor stores. These orders often have dubious constitutional or legal authority; in fact, the same liberal public officials who hand down those diktats against the public frequently disregard their own mandates to do whatever they please (such as dining out in public) due to them being the liberal [[elitist]]s that they are.