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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 Lawmakers Pass Bill to Ban Sales of Assault Weapons PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale ...
Gun control advocates have been pushing for an assault weapons ban in Rhode Island for more than a decade. However, despite being a Democratic stronghold, lawmakers throughout the country’s ...
Critics of Rhode Island’s proposed law argued Friday during floor debates that assault weapons bans do little to curb mass shootings and only punish people with such rifles.