Compliance with the background check provisions of Delaware Code Annotated Title 11, § 1448A is a complete defense to any claim or cause of action under Delaware law for liability for damages arising from the importation or manufacture, or subsequent sale or transfer of a firearm shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce to a person convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.¹

Delaware law also provides that:

This section does not apply, however, when:

• A nuisance results from the negligent or improper operation of the shooting range or hunting operation;
• There has been a significant and fundamental change in the hunting operation or operation of the shooting range;
• The shooting range or hunting operations do not conform to federal, state or local health or zoning requirements; or
• The shooting range or hunting operations are conducted in a negligent or unlawful manner.³

 See our Gun Industry Immunity policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue. 

1. Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1448A(c).[↩]
2. Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, § 8142(c).[↩]
3. Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, § 8142(b), (d).[↩]