A Delaware judge has once again found that parts of the state’s latest attempt to regulate firearms on public lands are unconstitutional.
In a years-long legal battle, two Delaware sports groups and individual gun owners have repeatedly challenged the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Department of Agriculture’s regulations limiting weapons in state parks, forests and wildlife areas.
"We saw an agency ... doing things we felt were not constitutional, and we called them on it," said Jeffrey Hague, president of the Delaware State Sportsmen's Association. "We were vindicated in a couple of court decisions ... that what the agencies were doing was overreach."
A Kent County Superior Court Judge's ruling last week again supported claims that parts of a partial weapons ban were unlawful.
For decades, firearms — as well as slingshots and archery equipment — were banned in a slew of public places such as campgrounds, with the exception of areas used for hunting.
In a years-long legal battle, two Delaware sports groups and individual gun owners have repeatedly challenged the state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Department of Agriculture’s regulations limiting weapons in state parks, forests and wildlife areas.
"We saw an agency ... doing things we felt were not constitutional, and we called them on it," said Jeffrey Hague, president of the Delaware State Sportsmen's Association. "We were vindicated in a couple of court decisions ... that what the agencies were doing was overreach."
A Kent County Superior Court Judge's ruling last week again supported claims that parts of a partial weapons ban were unlawful.
For decades, firearms — as well as slingshots and archery equipment — were banned in a slew of public places such as campgrounds, with the exception of areas used for hunting.
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