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Rhode Island lawmakers pass bill to ban sales of assault weapons
Associated Press via NY Post ^ | 6/21/25

Posted on 06/21/2025 5:36:38 AM PDT by Libloather

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 proposal now heads to the desk of Democratic Gov. Dan McKee, who said in a post on the social platform X on Friday evening that he plans to sign the bill into law.

If that happens, Rhode Island will join 10 states that have some sort of prohibition on high-powered firearms that were once banned nationwide and are now largely the weapon of choice among those responsible for most of the country’s devastating mass shootings.

Gun control advocates have been pushing for an assault weapons ban in Rhode Island for more than a decade.

However, despite being a Democratic stronghold, lawmakers throughout the country’s smallest state have long quibbled over the necessity and legality of such proposals.

The bill only applies to the sale and manufacturing of assault weapons and not possession.

Only Washington state has a similar law.

Residents looking to purchase an assault weapon from nearby New Hampshire or elsewhere will also be blocked.

Federal law prohibits people from traveling to a different state to purchase a gun and returning it to a state where that particular of weapon is banned.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: assault; assaultweapons; ban; banglist; democrats; guncontrol; gungrabbers; lawmakers; noauthority; rhodeisland; unconstitutional; weapons
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

41 posted on 06/21/2025 9:04:19 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather
So Rhode Island are you banning baseball bats, hockey sticks or skateboards? How about knives? Automobiles?

Those are assault weapons in the hands of criminals...

42 posted on 06/21/2025 10:31:17 AM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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To: Libloather

DC v. Heller (2008)
Democrats just ignore laws they don’t like.


43 posted on 06/21/2025 10:31:47 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: WKUHilltopper

I would say this is an assault rifle...
The StG 44 (abbreviation of Sturmgewehr 44, “assault rifle 44”) is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser.


44 posted on 06/21/2025 12:19:03 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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To: omni-scientist

Well, you are correct.

The whole FFL / purchasing / background check / etc. is not 2A.

But, here we are . . .


45 posted on 06/21/2025 12:41:28 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: Racketeer

That would only go so far until they got dealt with by friends and family


46 posted on 06/21/2025 2:46:50 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
And the rifles were still for sale all through the ban.

You could also buy used military surplus 30 round mags.

47 posted on 06/21/2025 4:24:47 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: WKUHilltopper
high-powered firearms.. largely the weapon of choice among those responsible for most of the country’s devastating mass shootings.

Most? How many firearm mass murders so far this year versus negligent and intentional automobile homicides? Hmm?

What's this nebulous declaration of a firearm being "high-powered"?

This is a dog-whistle article for Leftists.

48 posted on 06/21/2025 5:30:51 PM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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To: Ancesthntr

I am going to live my life right where i was born, Michigan. I love this state. The locust reference is apt for all democrats. I even have democrat siblings. No fixing stupid.


49 posted on 06/22/2025 1:53:26 AM PDT by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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