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Delaware: Granny too old for a handgun
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:45 pm
by seamusTX
Delaware requires handgun purchases to be approved by the police, and the police apparently can deny a purchase for any reason that they pull out of their back pocket.
An 81-year-old woman was denied because she was "too old" and a woman.
After some negotiations, she eventually obtained permission.
In the ensuing uproar, it came out that the state police had been retaining records of handgun purchases indefinitely. The records are required by statute to be destroyed after 60 days.
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- Jim
Re: Delaware: Granny too old for a handgun
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:57 am
by KC5AV
Hopefully the police will get a severe spanking as a result.
Re: Delaware: Granny too old for a handgun
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:28 pm
by bdickens
The negotiations should have included a Civil Rights lawsuit!
Re: Delaware: Granny too old for a handgun
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:34 pm
by seamusTX
IANAL, but this seems like it could have been a good equal-protection suit. That would take a lot of money, though; and the state could short-circuit it by issuing the license.
- Jim
Re: Delaware: Granny too old for a handgun
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:38 am
by flb_78
seamusTX wrote:IANAL, but this seems like it could have been a good equal-protection suit. That would take a lot of money, though; and the state could short-circuit it by issuing the license.
- Jim
There was no license involved. In Delaware, just to purchase a handgun, you have to have permission from the police.
Permission just to buy a handgun. whoa......
Re: Delaware: Granny too old for a handgun
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:36 pm
by Keith B
flb_78 wrote:In Delaware, just to purchase a handgun, you have to have permission from the police.
Permission just to buy a handgun. whoa......
And who was the Senator from Delaware?? Biden.
Re: Delaware: Granny too old for a handgun
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:45 am
by asleepatthereel
Keith B wrote:flb_78 wrote:In Delaware, just to purchase a handgun, you have to have permission from the police.
Permission just to buy a handgun. whoa......
And who was the Senator from Delaware?? Biden.
I wonder who gave him permission to get his?