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Mental health gun bill suffers surprising defeat in DELAWARE Senate
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.
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Attorney General Beau Biden says he thought he had enough votes to pass the measure.
“Something happened in the last 24 hours. I don’t know if there were members of the General Assembly who feared lobbying efforts from I don’t know who, but something changed in the last 24 hours. I don’t know what it was,” he said. Biden says he isn’t giving up on the issue.
Full article here: http://www.wdde.org/46327-delaware-senate-defeats-mental-health-gun-bill
