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 ...

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. The ...

Gun control advocates have been pushing for an assault weapons ban in Rhode Island ... lawmakers throughout the country’s smallest state have long quibbled over the necessity and legality of such ...

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House has advanced legislation that would ban sales of certain semiautomatic rifles.

Rhode Island would become the 11th state with some sort of assault weapons ban.