HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 6

TO

SENATE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1

FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 2

AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 2 by inserting the following after line 64 and before line 65 and redesignating accordingly:

(g) The following persons are exempt from the training requirements of this section:

(1) Qualified law enforcement officers;

(2) Qualified retired law enforcement officers;

(3) Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs if otherwise qualified under this subsection;

(4) Persons licensed to carry a concealed deadly weapon under § 1441 of this title;

(5) Federal Firearms Licensees and Delaware Deadly Weapons Dealers licensed and regulated under Chapter 9 of Title 24;

(6) Armored car guards and security personnel licensed and regulated under Chapter 13 of Title 24;

(7) Constables commissioned and regulated under Chapter 56 of Title 24;

(8) Delaware Correctional Officers;

(9) Members of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard and the Reserve elements thereof, including members of the Delaware National Guard;

(10) Instructors certified by the National Rifle Association of America;

(11) Persons holding a valid Delaware Hunter Safety certification card;

(12) Competitive shooters holding competitor classification cards issued by the National Rifle Association of America, the International Defensive Pistol Association, the International Practical Shooting Confederation, or the United States Practical Shooting Association.

SYNOPSIS

Numerous professions provide and require training equal to or in excess of that required by the original bill. Likewise, certified instructors and competitive shooters enjoy much higher levels of knowledge, experience and competency than is required by the training requirements contained in the original bill.

This amendment recognizes that fact and provides an exemption for certain professionals and individuals for whom the training requirements contained in the original bill would represent meaningless redundancy and an unnecessary waste of time, money and human resources while adding no additional safety to the community.

This amendment would eliminate from the training requirement the redundancy represented by the requirements of the original bill for certain qualified individuals, reduce the cost to the applicant and make the permitting process more effective, meaningful, accepted and respected by the general public.