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SPONSOR: Rep. Chukwuocha & Sen. Brown & Rep. Cooke
Reps. Griffith, K. Johnson, D. Short, Bolden, Carson,
Ortega; Sen. Seigfried
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 123
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
1 Section 1. Amend Part E, Subchapter VII, Chapter 5 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as
2 shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
3 § 1460A. Discharging a firearm at a dwelling, place of worship, vehicle, or place of business.
4 (a) It is unlawful to knowingly or intentionally discharge a firearm at any of the following:
5 (1) A dwelling.
6 (2) A place of worship.
7 (3) A vehicle.
8 (4) A place of business.
9 (b) For purposes of this section:
10 (1) “Dwelling” means as defined in § 829 of this title.
11 (2) “Place of business” means a permanent physical structure that is marked with signage and within which a
12 commercial, service, or other legal enterprise is operated. “Place of business” does not include a shooting range or
13 other business the purpose of which is to provide a venue for lawful firearm practice or other lawful firearm uses.
14 (c) A violation of this section is a class E felony.
15 (d) A person may not be convicted of both a violation of this section and reckless endangering in the first degree,
16 or both a violation of this section and reckless endangering in the second degree, with regard to the same conduct.
SYNOPSIS
This Act creates the crime of “discharging a firearm at a dwelling, place of worship, vehicle, or place of business.”
The offense is a class E felony.
The offense contains a provision that provides that a person may not be convicted of both a violation of this
section and reckless endangering 1st or 2nd with regard to the same conduct. It also exempts a shooting range from the
businesses covered by the statute.
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