Delaware § 907 - Firearm Responsibilities Notice [Effective upon fulfillment of the contingency in 85 Del. Laws, c. 371, § 3].

§ 907. Firearm Responsibilities Notice [Effective upon fulfillment of the contingency in 85 Del. Laws, c. 371, § 3].

(a) The Department of Safety and Homeland Security shall publish a Firearm Responsibilities Notice. The Firearm Responsibilities Notice must be written in plain, concise language and include information about all of the following:

(1) The responsibilities of a firearm owner if a firearm is lost or stolen, and the penalties for a violation of § 1461 of Title 11.

(2) The penalties for engaging in a firearms transaction on behalf of another (a straw purchase) and examples of what constitutes a straw purchase.

(3) The steps necessary to lawfully transfer a firearm to another person.

(4) The crime of wilfully and intentionally making or providing a false oral or written statement or furnishing or exhibiting any false identification intended or likely to deceive a deadly weapons dealer in connection with the purchase, transfer, or attempted purchase or transfer of a firearm.

(5) The importance of firearm safety.

(6) Prevention of suicide by firearm including the contact information for the national suicide prevention hotline.

(7) The importance of safe storage of firearms as well as a summary of Delaware’s child access prevention laws and laws relating to the safe storage of firearms, including §§ 603 and 1456 of Title 11.

(8) Restrictions on firearms in sensitive locations.

(b) The Department of Safety and Homeland Security shall publish and make available along with the Firearm Responsibilities Notice required under this section, a form for signature that acknowledges receipt of a Firearm Responsibilities Notice by a person buying or otherwise acquiring a firearm. The form required under this subsection must have on it in clearly legible font the following statement: “I understand that by signing this form I may be exposing myself to criminal liability.”

(c) The Department of Safety and Homeland Security must do all of the following:

(1) Annually consult with the Department of Justice and other stakeholders on revisions or updates to the Firearm Responsibilities Notice. Proposed revisions to the Firearm Responsibilities Notice shall be published in the Register of Regulations along with a means for submission of public comment on the revisions.

(2) Post the Firearm Responsibilities Notice to the Department’s website.

(3) Provide the Firearm Responsibilities Notice free of charge to licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, and licensed dealers in the State that sell, transfer, or deliver firearms.

85 Del. Laws, c. 371, § 2;