My daughter lives in Delaware and I have been watching this closely. Looks like Delaware's "shall issue" vs very tough "may issue" will not be considered although it had a good beginning.
Remember that Delaware is the home of Jim and Sarah Brady
Further this is part of what the Brady Campaign sent out to dissuade the public http://www.bradycampaign.org/press/rele ... uote]Texas Department of Public Safety analysis showed that concealed handgun license holders were arrested for a total of 3,370 crimes between January 1, 1996 and April 30, 2000, including very serious violent offenses like murder, rape, sexual assault, and weapons-related crimes. An analysis of the Texas data also reveals that, between 1996 to 1999, Texas CCW permit holders were arrested for weapon-related offenses at a rate that was 66% higher than that of the general population of Texas.[/quote]However, opposition was lurking in the bushes in the form of Delaware's Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security -- David Mitchell. Secretary Mitchell is none other than the infamous former head of the Maryland State Police that served under the rabidly anti-gun Maryland Governor Parris Glendenning (D). When Mitchell left Maryland state government after accruing an unparalleled anti-gun record and a well deserved reputation for saying anything to anyone that would further his own personal anti-gun agenda, he went straight to work as a paid "professional" on the staff of the so-called Brady Campaign (otherwise known as Handgun Control Inc.). He then left the Brady Campaign, and within days, was on the Delaware State payroll -- paid with your tax dollars.
With a majority of the House and Senate as sponsors of the bill, and with assurances from the Governor's office that all was well, a committee hearing was held with Rep. Hudson doing an outstanding job in presenting our position. It was at this point when we had our first hard evidence that Mitchell was up to his old tricks. Mitchell's staff orchestrated an opposition game plan right out of the HCI playbook, complete with both Brady's and a handful of supposedly well meaning but woefully ill-informed police chiefs regurgitating the HCI/Brady-Bunch mantra of fear and anti-gun hatred.
Similiar remarks were made for Utah and Florida. Makes my blood boil!!
