The Delaware General Assembly is currently on break and will not return to session until March 12, 2013. But that doesn’t mean that the enemies of freedom haven’t been hard at work scheming against your right to keep and bear arms – they have.
Governor Markell, Lt. Governor Denn, Attorney General Biden and their henchmen have been hard at work drafting anti-gun bills, recruiting sponsors and pressuring legislators to support their anti-freedom agenda. No bills have yet been introduced.
The House of Representatives will hold a “pre-file” session on Wednesday March 7th. We expect to see several anti-gun bills introduced at that time.
So far we have seen drafts of four of the promised five bills that will make up the Governor’s anti-gun package. The following are being circulated for additional sponsors. Bill numbers have not yet been assigned.
- “Ban on Private Sales” – Sponsored by Rep. Longhurst
- “Magazine Ban” – Sponsored by Rep. Mitchell
- “Lost & Stolen Gun Bill” – Sponsors – Sen. Henry & Rep. Barbieri; joined by Senators Blevins, Poore & Peterson; & Representatives Baumbach, Heffernan,Keeley, Kowalko, Longhurst, Osienski, B. Short, Mitchell & Viola.
- “Gun-Free School Zone” – Sponsored by Rep. Scott
Drafts of the bill may be found here: Legislation
These are all badly flawed bills. All of these bills should be defeated for many reasons.
The fifth bill promised by Attorney General Biden and Governor Markell is the “Ban on Modern Sporting and Defensive Arms” (the so-called “assault weapons ban”). We are told that it exists in draft but is being withheld from the public for political purposes.
!!! Call to Action !!!
- Call your Senator and your Representative today – tell them that you oppose these bills and ask them to oppose these bills as well.
- Call each of the bill sponsors shown above and ask them to remove their names from those bills.
- Contact information for your legislators may be found: Legislator Listing