It’s progress,” said Melissa Carden, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence. “But we know that ...

Rhode Island's squabbling political leaders put aside their political differences over the budget – among other issues – long ...

Governor Dan McKee, flanked by lawmakers and gun safety advocates, plans to sign the assault weapons ban that made it through ...

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of ...

Minutes into the earlier Senate debate, Democratic Sen. Pamela Lauria attempted to reinstate the language banning possession ...

The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Lou DiPalma, D-Middletown, bans the buying and selling of certain shotguns and rifles, but not possession of them. Grandfathered weapons also don’t need to be ...

The bill only applies to the sale and manufacturing of assault weapons, not possession. Rhode Island is now one of eleven states with some version of an assault-style weapons ban. The most similar law ...

The scaled-back assault weapons ban that state lawmakers approved last week is now on its way to Gov. Dan McKee’s desk.

A potential compromise on the proposed 'assault weapons' ban could push the bill forward, but it's still very much uncertain.

The former DNC vice chair urged lawmakers to ban the sale, purchase, and possession of such weapons, while R.I. AFL-CIO ...

Rhode Island Senate President Valarie Lawson assigned a House-passed assault weapons ban to the Judiciary Committee, where it’s unlikely to advance Lawson rejected a motion to reassign the House ...

"Knowing we have a strong assault weapons ban bill that has already passed the House of Representatives (H5436A), and knowing that the bill has the votes on the Senate floor, we don’t understand ...