Rhode Island: Gun Bill Night Scheduled for Wednesday in House Judiciary

Guns have already played a prominent role in this year’s legislative session. In addition to passing legislation dealing with home-manufactured firearms and 3D printed guns, the Governor’s staff presented their budget to the House Finance Committee this week, detailing punitive taxes on hunting and fishing clubs. Astonishingly, the staff of Gov. Gina Raimondo was quite upfront about wanting to discourage gun ownership with her version of a “sin” tax.

We are once again calling on Rhode Island NRA members to make their presence known by showing up at the Statehouse to oppose these gun control measures. Some of these measures are:

H.7263 by Rep. Caldwell bans possession, sale and transfer of “assault weapons” which are not properly registered. The federal “assault weapon” ban expired in 2004 after 10 years, …Read the Rest

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