A bill to allow residents of Delaware’s public housing communities to possess firearms was passed Tuesday by the House, with broad bipartisan support. House Bill 357, sponsored by Rep. John Atkins, D-Millsboro, and Sen. Joseph Booth, R-Georgetown, was introduced in response to a series published by the Caesar Rodney Institute titled: “Delaware Public Housing: Disarmed [...]
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House passes HB 357
Posted in Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING NEWS: NRA sues Wilmington Housing Authority for violating residents’ Second Amendment rights
Posted in Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on May 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The National Rifle Association’s lawsuit could be the first of several legal actions taken against Delaware housing authorities with active gun bans. By Lee Williams WILMINGTON, Del. – The National Rifle Association filed a civil rights lawsuit today against the Wilmington Housing Authority (WHA) and its executive director Frederick S. Purnell, Sr., seeking to force [...]
CRI EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Beau Biden asked to rule on gun bans
Posted in Beau Biden, Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on February 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Delaware’s public housing authorities have requested an Attorney General’s opinion regarding their firearms bans, which Second Amendment legal experts say is unconstitutional. By Lee Williams Attorney General Beau Biden is being asked to decide whether the individual right to keep and bear arms guaranteed in the Delaware and U.S. Constitutions applies to people living in [...]
House Bill 357 introduced to overturn Public Housing gun bans
Posted in Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on February 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The bipartisan legislation would limit the authority of public bodies to regulate firearms, absent specific authorization from the General Assembly. By Lee Williams A bill that would stop the state’s public housing authorities from banning guns was introduced today, co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of more than two-dozen state lawmakers. Millsboro Democrat Rep. John C. [...]
Second Amendment experts say public housing gun bans are illegal, and could cost taxpayers millions of dollars
Posted in Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One Dover Housing Authority commissioner is seeking legal advice, saying if the gun bans are illegal, they should be withdrawn. By Lee Williams C.D. “Chuck” Michel is a hero to many within the firearms community, and one of the country’s top Second Amendment litigators. He’s worked tirelessly to defend the right to keep and bear [...]
HUD: Public Housing gun bans a local decision
Posted in Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development denies ordering Delaware public housing authorities to ban guns. State lawmakers, however, are drafting legislation to overturn the gun bans, regardless of who ordered them. By Lee Williams The Delaware State Housing Authority and the Dover Housing Authority have turned to their lawyers and HUD to help [...]
The DSSA has found a lawyer to file suit against gun bans
Posted in Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If the three remaining Delaware public housing authorities that prohibit their tenants from owning firearms do not voluntarily withdraw their gun bans, the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, the state NRA affiliate, has found an attorney to file suit. The DSSA will recommend the unnamed law firm as local counsel to the NRA, should a suit [...]
Read the NRA’s demand letters
Posted in Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
CRI has obtained hardcopies of the demand letters sent by the NRA to the four housing authorities. Links to the letters can be found here.
BREAKING NEWS: Newark Housing Authority withdraws gun ban
Posted in Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on February 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Newark Housing Authority residents will now be allowed to possess firearms in their homes, as long as they comply with applicable state and federal law. By Lee Williams A residents’ handbook containing rules and regulations for everyone living in property operated by the Newark Housing Authority was “misleading,” according to Rob Detwiler, who chairs the [...]
NRA warns public housing officials gun bans are “unconstitutional and should be promptly rescinded to avoid litigation.”
Posted in Civil Rights, Defenseless By Decree, Second Amendment on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
State lawmakers support legislation to overturn the gun bans if housing authority officials ignore the NRA’s demand letters. By Lee Williams In four strongly-worded letters, the National Rifle Association has put the state’s public housing authorities on notice: they should voluntarily remove their prohibitions against individual firearms ownership to avoid a lawsuit. NRA General Counsel [...]
