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Del. Code tit. 16, § 6861

Distribution of secure gun storage or safety devices

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(a) A tax-exempt nonprofit organization or a law-enforcement agency that distributes a new secure gun storage or safety device free of charge to an individual is not liable for civil damages arising out of any injury to person or property proximately caused by an alleged defect in the design, manufacturing, maintenance, or operation of the secure gun storage or safety device.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section only applies where the tax-exempt nonprofit organization or the law-enforcement agency does all of the following:

(1) Distributes the secure gun storage or safety device in its original packaging and unopened.

(2) Provides to the recipient of the secure gun storage or safety device an information pamphlet about gun safety developed by a local or national gun safety organization or hospital.

(c) Nothing in this section is intended to limit any liability on the part of a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer of the secure gun storage or safety device.

Official source: Delaware Code Online. Reproduced from public-domain Delaware statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.