Radnor, I'm making the assumption that the "Brian" you mentioned who had responded to your email was none other than my own State Senator Brian Pettyjohn. Several days ago, I had emailed Brian as well, asking him not to support a change in the rules allowing SB163 to be brought to the floor for a vote and if it was successful, that he vote against of the bill. I was quite surprised when not more than an hour after I sent my email, Brian called me on my cell phone, updated me on the current status of activities regarding SB163, and assured me as well that he would not support a change in the rules that would allow the bill to be presented to the floor for a vote, and if it did make it to the floor, he would definitely be voting against its passage. It's comforting to know that at least in my district we have a State Senator who understands that these so called anti gun measures are nothing more than "feel good" measures that will do nothing to address the real issues of gun crime. The mental state of the individual who pulls the trigger. Criminals will always be able to gain access to a gun, any gun. If not a gun, a knife, axe, pipe bomb, machete, a car. It's the individual, not the weapon that needs to be addressed. The warning signs that too often go unnoticed or a failure to be acted upon. Then again I realize that I'm preaching to the choir here. I'll close by saying that it is my sincere hope that tomorrow June 19th, SB163 will be soundly defeated in the Senate if brought to the floor, and that sensibility will return to those attempting to govern us.
Checkride71, Resident of the Republican County of Sussex, Delaware