WILMINGTON — In response to another fatal shooting in Wilmington’s 2nd District, local officials, community advocates, and residents gathered Wednesday to call for urgent action to address the city’s gun violence crisis. The press conference, led by Councilwoman Shané Darby, came days after a shooting at 23rd and Washington streets left one person dead and injured a 9-year-old girl and …
A joint resolution to declare gun violence a public health emergency passed along party lines in the Delaware House and Senate Tuesday. In a House voice vote for Senate Concurrent Resolution 12, there was an audible opposition from the Republican side of the aisle. In the Senate it passed 14 to six,.. Introduced by Sen. Marie Pinkney, D-Bear, today, March …
Rep. John Kowalko, D-Newark, said Tuesday night “gun worshipers” should “stick the barrel of your piece in your mouth.” A casual observer may assume he was responding to a post about Tuesday’s mass shooting in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. In reality, Kowalko was talking about people who don’t want to wear masks despite the number of COVID-19 cases …
