Gov. Matt Meyer recently established the Delaware Office of Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety. During its first year of operation, the unit will concentrate on analyzing existing programs, identifying gaps in combating firearm violence and streamlining prevention strategies. What areas do you think the office should focus on?
I must say, it didn’t take long for the new governor to fall in line with the communist Democrat mantra of gun grabbing. Delaware doesn’t need another office researching gun violence. Instead of trespassing on honest citizens’ rights to keep and bear arms, there’s a simpler solution. Stop allowing prosecutors to drop gun charges against those who use them criminally. With some of the highest recidivism in the nation, stop allowing repeat and especially vicious criminals back on the streets. Though Democrats constantly lie about their intentions, their mission is to create George Orwell’s “1984” — creating enough laws whereby every citizen will become guilty of something, turning honest citizens into criminals. — George Roof
How about if we start prosecuting those who use firearms in a criminal manner, instead of always plea bargaining down to lesser offenses? — Frank Nedza
Enforcement of current laws. Help in communities with high incident rates. Mental health and family and local authority intervention for troubled people with access to guns. — Eugenia Thornton
Stop dropping weapon charges in plea deals. Start prosecuting all weapon charges. Start giving jail time for all weapon convictions. — Sandy Johnson
Actually convict the criminals of gun violence, instead of slapping them on the wrists and letting them right back out onto the streets. And bring back the death penalty. — Wes Johnson
It’s not law-abiding citizens causing these issues. It’s criminals illegally having these guns and doing these violent gun-related crimes. We need tougher laws and these laws being enforced 110%. Bring back the death penalty. Stop giving these offenders slaps on the wrists. The other issue is politicians. Politics were never supposed to be a career. You worked your normal job, then did your duty as an American citizen. Then, you went back to your “normal” life. Politicians are arguing in some room, not knowing anything about the real world and definitely not knowing anything about the people they represent. It’s all a scam. — Tom Russum
We do not need tougher laws. We need to have the laws that are already on the books enforced and prosecuted. More laws only affect those who are going to follow them. — Tracey Moore
Enforce the laws that are currently in place. Have the attorney general’s office actually care and press charges on the criminals, rather than drop the cases. Better yet, hold the criminals accountable for their actions. — Matthew Heck
We all know that a criminal doesn’t obey the law, so it really won’t matter what you do. Changing laws only hurts actual law-abiding citizens. — Frank McKeon
I think they should focus on replacing Attorney General Kathy Jennings with someone who isn’t afraid to prosecute criminals and won’t plea charges down. I think that’d be a good start. — Ryan Matthew
Make it a stand-your-ground state. — Marquis Allison
Stop trying to limit average, noncriminal citizens from owning guns and being able to protect themselves. Get rid of the restrictive laws and put the time, resources and money into properly processing background checks. — Chelle Bachman
Enforcement of gun laws already on the books. Set up more mental health clinics and care, and don’t let a minor mental health issue grow into a major one due to people feeling like they will be labeled with it forever. — Mark Maguire
More laws, for sure. Like, way more laws. That’ll show the criminals. — Steven John
Absolutely. Laws directing how laws should be enforced and then more laws to enforce the laws that were supposed to enforced, by law! — Robert Leslie Moore
Start by putting discipline back in schools, beginning with the first grade. Equal discipline for all students. When there’s no discipline at home, there’s no discipline at school. The kids think they’re free to do whatever they want. They don’t listen to any authority, and you wonder why the crime is rampant. Stop and think, when did it all start? — Jerry Wilkerson
Why another office? We already have gun laws, but only law-abiding citizens follow them. What we need are more police officers and harsher punishments for those who break the law. — Chris Malm
A minimum of 25 years in jail if you commit a crime with a gun. I don’t care if you just pull it out and threaten someone. You get 25 years. We need to start protecting law-abiding citizens and not criminals. — Ken Jones
Mental health. Often, this is the underlying issue when someone is considering committing a crime with a weapon. — Deb Bradl
Because the gun causes the violence, right? Pencils fail tests. Cars cause collisions. Oh, stop signs and traffic lights, too, right? Forks and spoons cause obesity. Or perhaps the scale? Or the food? If you/me/anyone puts a car, fork, pencil, gun, etc., all alone in a room by itself, what does it do to cause collisions/obesity/failing scores/violence, etc.? Please enlighten me. Dumb it down for me. In other words, get to the root cause of the problem. Not to mention that courts aren’t even able to prosecute gun/violence charges. Don’t let them be pleaded away or dismissed! — Cindy Ennis
It’s a people problem, not a gun problem. — George Roth
