Posted March 23, 2018 5:00 pm by Comments

By Chris Eger

Gov. John Carney, shown here at the opening of a brewery on March 16, wants to trim the numbers of “weapons designed for the battlefield” from Delaware. (Photo: Governor’s office)
Gov. John Carney, allied with powerful Democrats in the Delaware General Assembly, announced legislation Thursday that would outlaw a class of semi-auto firearms outright.
The measure, SB 163, aims to ban new sales of a number of guns by name and type as well as place restrictions on the use of those currently in circulation. The architects of the bill say it is needed to cull “weapons designed for the battlefield” from Delaware.
“As we have seen in Parkland, Las Vegas and in many other horrific tragedies across our country, military-style weapons can be used to carry out catastrophic acts of violence,” said Carney in a statement. “These weapons allow those intent on doing harm to outgun members of law enforcement, and they have no place on the streets of our neighborhoods.”
The bill’s language would bar the sale and transfer of specific firearms such as AR-15s and Barrett .50-caliber rifles, as well as any semi-automatic with a detachable magazine and two or more cosmetic features such as a folding stock or flash suppressor.

Source: Guns.com

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