Proposed legislation that would require a training course and permit to purchase a handgun in Delaware is sure to evoke a passionate response, local gun sellers said. “I don’t think it will help the crime situations that occur in the cities every night. It’s just going to upset law-abiding citizens,” Smyrna Sporting Goods owner Brian Brown said. Federal background checks — required before purchasing a gun — rose in Delaware from 46,427 in 2019 to 77,057 in 2020, an average increase of around 2,550 per month, according to data from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, overseen by the FBI. Last year was a historic one nationally, as well — nine of the 10 top weeks for background checks since Nov. 30, 1998, came in 2020. The checks are at least being processed efficiently, according to Mr. Brown.
- Any responsible gun owner will certainly learn the proper use and care of his weapon. This proposed legislation is purely more “window dressing” to give the appearance that these lawmakers care about gun violence. Unfortunately, this legislation will do nothing to go at the root cause, which is the illegal purchase and use of guns by criminals. As always, the ones who will feel the results of this legislation will only be the already responsible citizen. — Dennis Kirkwood
- All these Second Amendment warriors forgetting about the first four words of the amendment. — Eddie Curley
- Forcing Delaware citizens to surrender private property to the state of Delaware at a loss of $50-$90 per magazine, then being forced to replace them within new Democrat-legal parameters – during a pandemic when replacements are impossible to find – is disarming them! Bill 6 is a ban on standard-capacity magazines, making any existing owned magazine that holds over 17 rounds a felony in the state of Delaware. There is zero data that exists which shows that magazine size has any effect on crime in our state. Nikolas Cruz used 10-round magazines to murder 17 students in Parkland, Florida, proving that magazine size has no impact on crime. This bill will only disproportionately and unfairly target minority communities with additional charges. This bill will have zero impact on crime in Delaware and will not improve anyone’s safety. Also introduced at the same time is Senate Bill 3, which is a mandated permit-to-purchase for all firearms. They may issue a permit without any time frame and will revoke it without any due process of law.. — Marc Auger
- Let’s ban automobiles from everyone to stop drunk drivers. — Bob Hice
- No, let’s just require instruction and a license, and register and insure them. Oh, wait… — Kevin KC
- The right to possess a vehicle is not a constitutional right. Taking away the car of a law-abiding citizen won’t stop the people who don’t care about following the law, just like taking guns or restricting guns for law-abiding citizens won’t stop criminals from using them illegally for these shootings and other reasons people want to ban guns. Making something illegal only stops people who care about following the law. And it’s already illegal to kill people, own a gun illegally, etc. So making more laws doesn’t make sense when you can’t/aren’t enforcing the laws that already exist. Pencils don’t misspell words. Guns don’t kill people. They are both tools. The person operating them decides what happens, depending on how they use them. It really is that simple. If you allow the Second Amendment to be taken away or trampled, you have no power left to defend the other rights when they decide to take them away next. It’s why it is a part of the Bill of Rights for our country. They aren’t called the Bill of Ideas or Bill of Suggestions.— Zack Kopp
- Then, I guess making any law is against any law-abiding citizen. They are also amendments — “a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.; for example, an amendment to existing bail laws.” And there’s a proven track record of a certain assault weapon ban working when it was in place for 10 years.— Kevin KC
