Tag: Ghost Guns

Judge bars enforcement of Delaware ‘ghost gun’ restrictions

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal judge has barred Delaware from enforcing prohibitions on the manufacture and possession of homemade "ghost guns" that can't be traced by law enforcement officials because they don't have serial numbers. Friday's ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by gun-rights advocates after Democratic Gov. John Carney signed a law criminalizing the possession, manufacture and distribution of such weapons and unfinished components. The judge denied a […]

09/26/2022 31

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DE Senate gives final approval to 2 gun-control bills

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware Senate has given final approval to a bill outlawing homemade "ghost guns" that don't have serial numbers. Lawmakers on Tuesday also approved legislation criminalizing the purchase or possession of a gun by people in certain categories. Those include anyone against whom an abuse-protection order has been issued or for whom an arrest warrant has been issued, as well as those indicted of any felony […]

06/16/2021 46

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Delaware bill outlawing ‘ghost guns’ clears House committee

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware proposal to outlaw homemade "ghost guns" that can't be traced by law enforcement agents because they don't have serial numbers has been advanced by a committee for consideration by the full House. The Democratic-led committee voted along party lines Tuesday to release the bill after a nearly two-hour public hearing in which the vast majority of commenters spoke against it. The measure is similar […]

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