Test of Strong Democratic Anti-NRA Momentum Coming to Leg Hall
Sean Lynn (D-Dover) has filed a common-sense bill (that does nothing to harm the rights of responsible gun owners). The bill will be reflexively opposed by NRA lackeys. We know the R’s that are in the pocket of the NRA (all of them), but which Dems will value their NRA bucks over their Delaware constituents?
We’ll see, but in the meantime Dan Short (R-Seaford), a bought and paid for NRA stooge, previews a flimsy NRA talking point: “This will not stop all gun crime, so we shouldn’t do it.”
DOVER, Del.- Gun owners whose firearms are obtained by someone who is not allowed to have one could face criminal penalties in Delaware under a proposed law filed in the state legislature on Thursday.
House Bill 63 would revise the criminal charge of “unlawfully permitting a child access to a firearm” to a “unlawful storage of a firearm.” The legislation states that the crime occurs if a gun owner stores a loaded firearm in a reckless or negligent manner that allows a minor or someone who is not allowed to have a gun to obtain the weapon.
The crime would be predicated on an unauthorized person actually getting a hold of the weapon and would typically be classified as a misdemeanor, though the severity of that offense could be elevated if the firearm is used in a crime.
Rep. Sean Lynn (D-Dover), the prime sponsor on the bill, said the legislation could prompt gun owners to take steps that would prevent someone who intends to commit a crime or mass shooting from obtaining a firearm.
“Either they’re persons prohibited, they’re felons, they’re mentally ill and they shouldn’t have had a gun. They often get a gun because of the negligence or recklessness of a relative,” he said.
A similar bill passed in the state House last year but stalled in the Senate.
House Minority Leader Danny Short (R-Seaford) voted against the proposal last year. He said HB 63 presents a reactive measure to gun crimes that may not necessarily prevent a tragedy.
“At the end of the day, what is the substance of the bill that will actually drive results?” he said. “I don’t think it does anything, really.”
We don’t call ’em reactionary for nothing.
They don’t call him “Short” for nothing, and it’s not because of his height. It’s a reference to the normal human complement of brain cells.
One of us should look up the current NRA donations to Dems. Preferably one of us who has done it before, and who has a handle that rhymes with Malby.
I’ll check this weekend, but be aware there probably won’t be anything since the election. But I didn’t check since last spring, so it will tell us where they spent their money on the midterms.
Liberals support abortion as a right while it is not in the Constitution and say “don’t like abortion? don’t have one”
Gun rights are in the Constitution and if you don’t like them do not own one.
We’re coming for yours first.
While I am opposed to abortion and even though it is not explicitly addressed in the Constitution, abortion is and always has been a natural right of women to do what they wish with their own bodies. It’s just that simple. The Constitution neither giventh, nor taketh away the right of any creature to act in its own regard.
Hey Dummy Don’t Think So,
The Ninth Amendment states, “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”