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

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

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

Kemi Badenoch has been accused of breaking army cadet rules on a visit to a military base in her constituency this afternoon, ...

The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Lou DiPalma, D-Middletown, bans the buying and selling of certain shotguns and rifles, but ...

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

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Legislation that bans the sale of certain assault-style weapons in Rhode Island became law Thursday ...

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

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar is backing a bill to ban assault weapons, calling them “weapons of war” unfit for American ...

Nationally, assault weapons bans have been challenged in court by gun rights groups that argue the bans violate the Second Amendment. AR-15-style firearms are among the best-selling rifles in the ...