(a) A person is guilty of unlawfully dealing with a dangerous weapon when:
(1) The person, who is not a qualified law-enforcement officer, possesses, sells, or in any manner has control of any of the following:
a. A weapon which by compressed air or by spring discharges or projects a pellet, slug or bullet, except a BB gun, paintball gun, or air gun which does not discharge or project a pellet or slug larger than a .177 caliber shot.
b. A pellet, slug or bullet, intending that it be used in any weapon prohibited by paragraph (a)(1)a. of this section
(2) The person sells, gives or otherwise transfers to a child under 16 years of age a BB or air gun or spear gun or BB shot, unless the person is that child's parent or guardian, or unless the person first receives the permission of said parent or guardian.
(3) Being a parent, the person permits the person's child under 16 years of age to have possession of a BB or air gun or spear gun unless under the direct supervision of a person 21 years of age or older.
(4) The person sells, gives or otherwise transfers to a person under 21 years of age a firearm or ammunition for a firearm, unless permitted by § 1448 of this title.
(5) The person sells, gives or otherwise transfers a firearm to any person knowing that said person intends to commit any felony, class A misdemeanor or drug related criminal offense while in possession of said firearm.
(6) Being a parent, the person permits the person's child under 18 years of age to have possession of a firearm unless under the direct supervision of a person 21 years of age or older.
(b) As used in this section, “qualified law-enforcement officer” means as defined in § 1441A of this title.
(c) Unlawfully dealing with a firearm or dangerous weapon is an unclassified misdemeanor, unless the person is convicted under paragraph (a)(4) of this section, in which case it is a class G felony, or unless the person is convicted under paragraph (a)(5) of this section, in which case it is a class E felony.
(d) The Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction over a violation of paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(6) of this section.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Subchapter VII. Offenses Against Public Health, Order and Decency
§ 1301. Disorderly conduct; unclassified misdemeanor.
§ 1303. Disorderly conduct; funeral or memorial service.
§ 1305. Desecration; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1306. Cross or religious symbol burning; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1307. Civil remedies for violations of hate crimes and related offenses.
§ 1308. Hate crime reporting requirement.
§ 1309. Deprivation of Civil Rights.
§ 1311. Harassment; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1312. Stalking; class G felony, class F felony, class C felony.
§ 1313. Malicious interference with emergency communications; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1315. Public intoxication; unclassified misdemeanor; violation.
§ 1316. Registration of out-of-state liquor agents; violation.
§ 1320. Loitering on property of a state-supported school, college or university; violation.
§ 1322. Criminal nuisance; unclassified misdemeanor.
§ 1323. Obstructing public passages; violation.
§ 1324. Obstructing ingress to or egress from public buildings; unclassified misdemeanor.
§ 1325. Cruelty to animals; class A misdemeanor; class F felony.
§ 1326. Animals; fighting and baiting prohibited; class E felony.
§ 1327. Maintaining a dangerous animal; class E felony; class F felony; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1330. Smoking on trolleys and buses.
§ 1332. Abusing a corpse; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1333. Trading in human remains and Associated Funerary Objects.
§ 1335. Violation of privacy; class A misdemeanor; class G felony.
§ 1337. Definitions relating to riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses.
§ 1338. Bombs, incendiary devices, Molotov cocktails and explosive devices; class D felony.
§ 1339. Adulteration; class G felony; class E felony; class A felony.
§ 1341. Lewdness; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1342. Prostitution; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1343. Patronizing a prostitute prohibited.
§ 1344. Prostitution and patronizing a prostitute; no defense.
§ 1345. Screening for sexually transmissible diseases.
§ 1351. Promoting prostitution in the third degree; class F felony.
§ 1352. Promoting prostitution in the second degree; class E felony.
§ 1353. Promoting prostitution in the first degree; class C felony.
§ 1354. Promoting prostitution; attempt to promote prostitution; corroboration.
§ 1355. Permitting prostitution; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1356. Definitions relating to prostitution.
§ 1361. Obscenity; acts constituting; class E felony or class G felony; subsequent violations.
§ 1363. Obscenity; presumption.
§ 1364. Definition of obscene.
§ 1365. Obscene literature harmful to minors; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1366. Outdoor motion picture theaters.
§ 1401. Advancing gambling in the second degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1402. Foreign lotteries; prima facie evidence; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1403. Advancing gambling in the first degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1404. Providing premises for gambling; class A misdemeanor; unclassified misdemeanor.
§ 1405. Possessing a gambling device; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1406. Being concerned in interest in keeping any gambling device; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1407. Engaging in a crap game; violation.
§ 1408. Merchandising plans are not gambling.
§ 1408A. Savings promotion raffle not gambling.
§ 1409. Exemption of law-enforcement officer.
§ 1411. Unlawfully disseminating gambling information; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1413. Exemption for operations of lottery under State control.
§ 1421. Obstructions; service of notice.
§ 1425. Findings of Court; order for removal.
§ 1426. Official removal upon noncompliance with removal order.
§ 1427. Collection of removal expenses; status of contractor; amount of lien.
§ 1428. Maintaining an obstruction; class A misdemeanor; a violation.
§ 1431. Telephone messages received or overheard by police as evidence.
§ 1432. Gambling; definitions.
§ 1441. License to carry concealed deadly weapons.
§ 1442. Carrying a concealed deadly weapon; class G felony; class D felony.
§ 1443. Carrying a concealed dangerous instrument; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1444. Possessing a destructive weapon; class E felony.
§ 1446. Unlawfully dealing with a switchblade knife; unclassified misdemeanor.
§ 1447. Possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony; class B felony.
§ 1447A. Possession of a firearm during commission of a felony; class B felony.
§ 1448A. Background checks for sales of firearms.
§ 1448B. Background checks for sales of firearms — Unlicensed persons.
§ 1448C. Civil procedures to relinquish firearms or ammunition.
§ 1449. Wearing body armor during commission of felony; class B felony.
§ 1450. Receiving a stolen firearm; class F felony.
§ 1451. Theft of a firearm; class F felony.
§ 1452. Unlawfully dealing with knuckles-combination knife; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1453. Unlawfully dealing with martial arts throwing star; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1454. Giving a firearm to person prohibited; class F felony.
§ 1455. Engaging in a firearms transaction on behalf of another; class E felony; class C felony.
§ 1456. Unsafe storage of a firearm; class A or B misdemeanor.
§ 1458. Removing a firearm from the possession of a law-enforcement officer; class C felony.
§ 1459. Possession of a weapon with a removed, obliterated or altered serial number.
§ 1459A. Possession of an unfinished firearm frame or receiver with no serial number.
§ 1460. Possession of firearm while under the influence.
§ 1461. Report of loss, theft of firearm.
§ 1462. Covert or undetectable firearms; class E or D felony.
§ 1463. Untraceable firearms; class E or D felony.
§ 1465. Definitions related to assault weapons.
§ 1467. Voluntary certificate of possession.
§ 1468. Definitions related to large-capacity magazines.
§ 1469A. Possession of a large-capacity magazine during the commission of a felony; class B felony.