For all intents and purposes, it’s a one-bill day in Dover. This bill. Can Dover legislators do what Washington legislators could or would not do? HB 35 would require criminal background checks for virtually all gun purchases in Delaware. The NRA, embodied and emboldened by its pigeon-killing mouthpiece, have whittled away at the bill, and still oppose it.
Not a single R senator is on the bill as a sponsor. Which raises the question. Will they stand with the overwhelming majority of the people of Delaware, or will they march in lockstep with the leader that they have chosen to lead the Delaware Rethuglican Party? This guy:
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The entire State of Delaware is waiting for your answer. Either you can help to protect the people, or you can align yourself with Delaware’s Most Notorious Pigeon-Maimer.
Here is today’s Senate Agenda.
As a counterbalance, the House has opted for comedic relief in the form of HB 44(Atkins), which would protect Old Glory from the scourge of…pesky ordinances! While first uttered in 1775, Samuel Johnson’s quote remains equally apt today:
“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.”
Why, yes, yes it is.
Here is today’s House agenda.
Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. The Senate passed a couple of charter changes. That was about it.
Catch ya next week.