Delaware gun legislation fails

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The OPs on this are in Politics 2013, AND in the Delaware Group. Since my hand-held is malfunctioning, I cannot provide a link.

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1. Here's the link.

http://www.wdde.org/46327-delaware-senate-defeats-mental-health-gun-bill

In a surprise move, state senators overwhelmingly struck down a proposal Thursday preventing the dangerously mentally ill from owning guns.

Several Democrats joined Republicans in the 6-13 vote, with freshman Senators Nicole Poore (D-12th District) and Bryan Townsend (D-Newark) abstaining.

The bill required local police, the attorney general’s office and a state judge to agree on whether a person is a threat to themselves or others before temporarily stripping them of their guns in a civil procedure.

Opponents say they worried it didn’t provide enough due process for people accused of being mentally ill.

The article doesn't say if a psychiatric evaluation is ordered first before a legal judgment is rendered.
I suspect they'll tweak the bill to to make it more acceptable and introduce it again and it'll probably pass next time.

I noticed that it was a bi-partisan vote to defeat this bill.