Saturday, June 26, 2010

[DE] Del. House Votes To Allow Guns In Public Housing

Delaware House votes to repeal public housing gun ban:
DOVER, Del. (AP) ― The state House has approved a bill allowing tenants in government-run public housing to own firearms.

The bill was approved on a 31-to-9 vote Tuesday despite opposition from Democrats representing districts in Wilmington, a city with several public housing units and a problem with violent crime.

Bill sponsor John Atkins, a Democrat from southern Delaware, said public housing residents were being denied their constitutional right to bear arms. ...
Article here.

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