House passes permit-to-purchase bill with four new amendments, heads back to Senate

Permit-to-purchase law for firearms passes in the Delaware House after several years in the making. The bill was approved on close to a party-line vote of 23 yes, 16 no and 2 absent after nearly four hours of floor debate. House Majority Leader and House prime sponsor of the bill Melissa Minor-Brown (D-New Castle) opened her remarks noting Delaware has the fifth highest rate of gun violence in the nation. "Permit-to-purchase laws work. State's with permit laws have 25% lower gun homicide rates, 50% lower gun suicide rates and states...