Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence’s Ranks your State Legislators

Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence (DCAGV) took a look at how our state senators and representatives voted on a few relevant pieces of legislation, which are:

HB 217: Mandates that law enforcement enter ballistic data relating to violent crime into a national database.

HB 325: This bill closes a loophole to our gun background check laws. The current loophole allows for guns to be given to a potential purchaser if the background check is delayed for 3 days or more. In some cases a gun is given to a person who should not be in possession of a firearm.

SB 83: Among other provisions, this Act provides that any person who is prohibited from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a deadly weapon because the person is subject to a Family Court protection from abuse order is so prohibited immediately upon the entry of the protection from abuse order from purchasing or otherwise obtaining, and within 24 hours of personal service of the order, from owning, possessing, or controlling any deadly weapon.

Here are the grades:

A
Senator Harris McDowell (D-1st)
Senator Margaret Rose Henry (D-2nd)
Senator Bob Marshall (D-3rd)
Senator Cathy Cloutier (R-5th)
Senator Patti Blevins (D-7th)
Senator David Sokola (D-8th)
Senator Karen Peterson (D-9th)
Senator Bethany Hall-Long (D-10th)
Senator Bryan Townsend (D-11th)
Senator Nicole Poore (D-12th)
Senator David McBride (D-13th)
Senator Brian Bushweller (D-17th)
Rep. Charles Potter (D-1st)
Rep. Stephanie Bolden (D-2nd)
Rep. Helene Keeley (D-3rd)
Rep. Melanie George Smith (D-5th)
Rep. Debra Heffernan (D-6th)
Rep. Bryon Short (D-7th)
Rep. Quinn Johnson (D-8th)
Rep. Sean Matthews (D-10th)
Rep. Larry Mitchell (D-13th)
Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf (D-14th)
Rep. Valerie Longhurst (D-15th)
Rep. JJ Johnson (D-16th)
Rep. David Bentz (D-18th)
Rep. Kim Williams (D-19th)
Rep. Paul Baumbach (D-23rd)
Rep. Ed Osienski (D-24th)
Rep. John Kowalko (D-25th)
Rep. John Viola (D-26th)
Rep. Earl Jaques (D-27th)
Rep. Sean Lynn (D-31st)
B
Senator Ernie Lopez (R-6th)
Senator Colin Bonini (R-16th)
Senator Gary Simpson (R-18th)
Rep. Gerald Brady (D-4th)
Rep. Kevin Hensley (R-9th)
Rep. Mike Ramone (R-21st)
Rep. Joe Miro (R-22nd)
Rep. Trey Paradee (D-29th)
Rep. Andria Bennett (D-32nd)
Rep. Daniel Short (R-39th)
C
Rep. Deborah Hudson (R-12th)
Rep. Mike Mulrooney (D-17th)
D
Senator Gregory Lavelle (R-4th)
Senator Bruce Ennis (D-14th)
Senator Brian Pettyjohn (R-19th)
Senator Gerald Hocker (R-20th)
Senator Bryant Richardson (R-21st)
Rep. Jeff Spiegelman (R-11th)
Rep. Steve Smyk (R-20th)
Rep. Bill Carson (D-28th)
Rep. Bill Outten (R-30th)
Rep. Lyndon Yearick (R-34th)
Rep. David Wilson (R-35th)
Rep. Harvey Kenton (R-36th)
Rep. Ruth Briggs King (R-37th)
Rep. Ron Gray (R-38th)
Rep. Rich Collins (R-41st)
F
Senator David Lawson (R-15th)
Rep. Timothy Dukes (R-40th)

It is not explained how these grades are arrived at. But I can guess. My speculation is if a member votes yes on all three, and is also a sponsor of the bill and speaks in favor of it, they get an A, whereas if all you do is vote yes on all three, you get a B, and then if you vote for 2 out 3 you get a C, and if you vote for 1 out of 3 you get a D, and if you vote against all three, you get an F. But there might be different reasoning out there, and I invite someone from the Coalition to correct me.