Rhode Island Task Force Calls For Semi-Auto Regulations, Magazine Ban

By Tom Knighton

A week isn’t a very long time. However, it seems to be plenty long enough for a task force established by the governor of Rhode Island to look at the complex issue of guns, gun control, and gun rights.

The task force apparently released their clever ideas, and they’re not good at all for Rhode Island gun owners.

A gun safety working group established by Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo last week announced their findings and recommendation.

The 43-member group, which was established by an executive order by Raimondo two weeks after the high-profile Parkland school shooting in Florida, was made up of lawmakers, prosecutors, medical professionals and gun control advocates picked by the governor to examine establishing a “red flag” gun seizure law for the state.

While such a law has been adopted since the group was formed, its 99-page report issued last week included proposals to ban magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds and tightly regulate most semi-auto long guns. Falling just short of an outright ban on such rifles and shotguns, the group advocated raising the minimum age to possess such a gun to be raised to 21, require state-approved training and licensing to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms