Tuesday's event at the State House featured personal appeals to legislators to ban the manufacture and sale of military-style ...

Swarms of supporters and opponents in yellow and orange shirts descended on the State House for Wednesday's House Judiciary ...

The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee will hear several gun bills Wednesday, including a bill that would ban the sale of ...

Currently, fully automatic weapons like machine guns are already illegal in the state. The bill, named “The Rhode Island ...

Willy Worthy, owner of Big Bear Hunting & Fishing, said firearm features in the bill are either misunderstood or misrepresented.

The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee held a hearing for the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025 on March 26, ...

Rhode Island has an opportunity to take a critical step toward public safety by passing an assault weapons ban. We urge lawmakers to act now. Firearm violence is a leading cause of death in the ...

In a similar vote to others in more suburban area communities, the Town Council last week approved a resolution banning the state’s proposed assault weapons ban.

The proposed ban is one of several bills on the House Judiciary agenda that is vehemently opposed by gun owners who, in scores of letters sent to the lawmakers in advance of the hearing, describe the ...

A proposed "assault weapons ban" drew large crowds to RI's State House as lawmakers heard testimony on the bill. The bill, and similar gun-focused proposals, highlight the deep divide in the state ...