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

The version of the Assault Weapons Ban that will be signed by Governor Dan McKee on Thursday is not the same bill introduced ...

Rhode Islanders buying or selling rapid-fire, military-style rifles could land in prison for 10 years or face a $10,000 fine, ...

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

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

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

A compromise version of the bill would ban only the sale of a more limited list of firearms, but key member of the Senate are ...

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 legislation now goes to the House, which passed a different version of the bill that would also ban the possession of ...

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

What will happen next is unclear. If voted in its current form, the proposed "assault weapons ban" – co-sponsored by more ...