Posted June 7, 2018 9:20 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

Delaware Gov. John Carney said he was “extremely disappointed that the full Delaware Senate will not get a chance to vote on Senate Bill 163.” (Photo: Governor’s office)
Despite strong support from Democrat Gov. John Carney, legislation to outlaw an entire class of semi-auto firearms tanked on Wednesday.
In a 3-2 vote, the Senate Judicial and Community Affairs Committee turned away SB 163, which aimed 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 said 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 when the bill was introduced in March with his blessing. “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

Source: Guns.com

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