Passing a new law restricting assault weapons took Rhode Island lawmakers more than 10 years, but it may offer a road map to other states looking to ease the proliferation of such firearms. For ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island lawmakers approved a scaled-back assault weapons ban on Friday, with some supporters acknowledging the bill was far more limited than they wanted but ...

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi went unmentioned, but Shekarchi in his own turn got in a dig at McKee for putting an "assault weapons" ban in his proposed budget, where the speaker said he and Rep.

While fully automatic weapons, such as machine guns, are already illegal in Rhode Island, the Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025 aims to prohibit the purchase, sale, manufacturing, and possession of ...

PROVIDENCE – A long-sought ban on "assault weapons" in Rhode Island won House Judiciary Committee approval and is on its way to a vote by the full House of Representatives later in the week ...

The Rhode Island AFL-CIO urged passage of the compromise forged by Senate President Lawson's leadership team, while the leading local advocacy group for the "assault weapons" ban urged its defeat.

Rhode Island's Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons.

Rhode Island's Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons.

As Rhode Island lawmakers were in the middle of their gun debate, the high court declined to hear a challenge to Maryland’s assault weapons ban — a move that some of the more conservative ...

P ROVIDENCE – A long-sought ban on "assault weapons" in Rhode Island won House Judiciary Committee approval and is on its way to a vote by the full House of Representatives later in the week.

Rhode Island’s assault weapon ban offers a peek into why such laws are difficult to pass by: KIMBERLEE KRUESI, Associated Press. Posted: Jul 3, 2025 / 12:15 PM EDT.

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee presents a signed bill that bans the sale of assault-style weapons in the state of Rhode Island at the Rhode Island Statehouse in Providence, Thursday, June 26, 2025.