Delaware General Assembly

Lieu/Substituted 4/1/21

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

SS 1 for SB 3

3/25/21

Lockman

Sen. Townsend, Pinkney, Sturgeon
Reps. Dorsey Walker, Longhurst

Sen. Gay, Hansen, S. McBride, Sokola
Reps. Baumbach, Bentz, Brady, Chukwuocha, Kowalko, Lynn, Minor-Brown, Morrison

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS.

This Act does all of the following: (1) Creates an application process to obtain a handgun qualified purchaser card to authorize the purchase of a handgun. While an applicant will incur costs related to fingerprinting and required training, a fee will not be charged to obtain the permit. (2) Requires licensed importers, manufacturers, or dealers, as well as unlicensed persons, to require an individual to present the individual's handgun qualified purchaser card before selling or transferring a firearm to an individual. (3) Requires that an applicant complete a firearms training course within 5 years before the date of application, similar to what is required by Delaware’s concealed carry permit law. An individual licensed to carry a concealed deadly weapon is exempt from this requirement as they must already complete a firearms training course to be licensed. (4) Sends to law-enforcement information that is already collected at the time of sale and required under federal law to be made available to law-enforcement. This change assists law-enforcement in the criminal investigations they already conduct. (5) Makes clear that § 904A of Title 24 is not intended to prohibit law-enforcement officials from keeping records of sales and transfers of firearms for their use during criminal investigations or prosecutions. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

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