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slsharp:
Well, the slippery slope here is, how does the possession of "drugs" have anything to do with a Constitutional right?  Why pick on the Second Amendment?  Why not the first, or third, or ______?   I think we know the answer, which is the anti-gun crowd will use ANY excuse to relieve you of your guns, and have no respect for the Constitution.

What should worry all of us are the mentally ill among us.  I know first hand of a person that if they were to get hands on a gun, would threaten and maybe kill someone while in one of their psychotic episodes, yet until they do, no action can be taken.  That's a fact. Delaware claims to have hot lines and help for the ill, but they are all intended to de-escalate a situation, nothing more.
Our jails are DeFacto mental institutions in this State.  The State Police have to deal with all situations, like it or not and are NOT (at least in my area) likely to take guns from legitmate owners.  I also know that for a fact.
Simon

Oaklandopen:
Correct,  and I could care less about possession.  And the mental issue is also a huge problem but at the same time is ripe for abuse,  especially when dealing with "red flag laws"

Unfortunately the only clear choice seems to be a case by case basis but that takes too long and still depends on people being honest about things

MarcWinkman:
There are a lot of issues with both "red flag" laws and the possession of a firearm and controlled substance.  With the former, it's ripe for abuse by anyone with an axe to grind, and it entirely sidesteps this thing called not being deprived of property without due process of law.  On the latter side, the rapidly changing landscape of what substances are prohibited under Title 16 demonstrates the capricious nature of the law.  Just because one possesses some substance, which could ostensibly be a controlled prescription that you've just picked up from the pharmacy, you are looking at the possibility of being charged with a felony because you also happen to have a firearm.

Just Bill:
Yup!  One thing i have learned in my 81 years, politicians rarely write a law that takes in all the necessary "what-if's".  They write them to cover what they want, not considering, what if.  That is what keeps the Supreme Court busy.

TwistedKarma:
Yes, that red flag law, scary if abused.

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