Delaware General Assembly

Signed 4/18/18

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

5/16/17

Mitchell

Sen. McDowell

Reps. Bolden, Briggs King, Carson, Collins, Hensley, Hudson, Jaques, Keeley, Kenton, Kowalko, Longhurst, Miro, Osienski, Outten, Postles, Potter, Ramone, Schwartzkopf, D. Short, Spiegelman, Viola, Wilson, Yearick
Sen. Bonini, Bushweller, Cloutier, Delcollo, Ennis, Hansen, Henry, Hocker, Lavelle, Lawson, Lopez, Marshall, McBride, Pettyjohn, Poore, Richardson, Simpson, Sokola, Townsend, Walsh

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 RELATING TO ILLEGAL PURCHASES OF FIREARMS.

This Act raises the first offense of purchasing or obtaining a firearm for someone not legally qualified to own, possess or purchase one from a Class F to a Class E Felony. This change is to deter such "straw purchases" by making jail time more likely for the offender, and consequently, to reduce the number of people who cannot legally possess firearms but obtain them in this manner.

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4/18/18

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