What would be the difference in having the gun in a drawer, or on your waste under a shirt? In both cases the gun would be concealed, but note I said "In your house".
Delaware law as interpreted and applied by our state Supreme Court specifically allows one to carry a concealed weapon in the home. In 2012, the Supreme Court sitting en banc unanimously decided that a person may carry a concealed weapon in their abode or on their business property. Importantly the Court stated that an individual has a strong interest in carrying a concealed weapon for the purpose of self defense in their home and that it is "unreasonable to restrict the manner in which one can carry a legal weapon from room to room within one's home." See,
Griffin v. State. 47 A.3d 487 (Del. 2012). The holding in Griffin specifically allows for concealed carry WITHIN the home. This case also applies to one's place of business in limited circumstances as well.
Things change greatly, however, when the weapon is carried OUTSIDE the home and you are subject to prosecution under Title 11 of the Delaware Code. See
Dickerson v. State. 975 A.2d 791 (Del. 2009). In that case, the State Supreme Court, assumed without specifically finding that a "home possession" exception exists, however, because the defendant there voluntarily left the "four walls" of his home, the exception no longer applied and he could therefore be arrested, prosecuted, and convicted (upon proper evidence) of Carrying a Concealed Weapon without a valid license. The key to losing the "home possession" exception is VOLUNTARILY leaving the four walls of your home.
So, there's your free legal advice for the day and a clarification of whether one can carry INSIDE their home...just don't leave the physical confines of the inside of your home (i.e. don't walk out into your drive way, into your yard, out to your mailbox, etc.)
And here's a link to the State Supreme Court decisions on the Court website (have the actual legal citations above).
Dickerson v. State ("Home Possession" lost once you voluntarily leave the physical confines of your home):
http://courts.state.de.us/Opinions/Download.aspx?id=123280Griffin v. State (deciding that Delaware recognizes a "Home Possession" exception to 11 Del. C. s. 1441 licensing requirement):
http://courts.state.de.us/Opinions/Download.aspx?id=174080