Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Ltd. v. Small
Supreme Court of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
VALIHURA, Justice,
for the Majority:
This appeal concerns guns and, as such, has attracted numerous amici curiae raising politically fraught questions concerning gun rights.1 However, at its core, this case raises straightforward questions of Delaware constitutional and administrative law. We are asked whether unelected officials from the. State’s parks and forest departments, whose power is expressly limited, can ban (except for a narrow exception for hunting) the possession of guns in state parks and forests in contravention of Delawareans’ rights under the State’s constitution. Clearly they…
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