Outside a Wilmington daycare, opponents of the bill spoke out on Wednesday.
"Isn't it interesting the number of the bill itself is the name of one of the most deadly weapons in America, the 357," said Pastor Derrick Johnson of Joshua Harvest Church.
A co-sponsor of HB 357, State Rep. Thomas Kovach (R), promises language will be amended from restricting guns in public places to public housing complexes, saying he's protecting a constitutional right to bear arms.
"This bill is all about making sure we're not limiting a constitutional right given to all members of society not based on economic and housing restrictions," said Rep. Kovach.
Amending the bill is not good enough for opponents who are tired of violence.
"We might as well turn this back into Dodge City, the wild, wild west, "said Matthew Allen of Wilmington Peacekeepers.
Gov. Jack Markell opposes HB 357, which has not yet made its way out of committee.
