Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Ltd.; Mark Hester; John R. Sylvester; Marshall Kenneth Watkins; Barbara Boyce, Dhsc…

Summary

The Court held that Delaware regulations imposing a near-total ban on possessing firearms in state parks and forests violated Article I, Section 20 of the Delaware Constitution because they eliminated the core right to bear arms outside the home for self-defense. The Court also held that the agencies lacked statutory authority to adopt regulations inconsistent with the Constitution and failed to justify the regulations under intermediate scrutiny. Chief Justice Strine, joined by Justice Seitz, dissented, arguing that the regulations governed sensitive government property, reflected longstanding practice, and were constitutional.