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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge says Rhode Island’s gun permit system, which requires residents to show “a need” to ...
A federal judge found Rhode Island's way of giving the attorney general discretion to issue open-carry permits is legal.
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A Second Amendment lobbyist sued the state attorney general in 2023, arguing that he was unlawfully refused an open carry ...
Rhode Island’s rules for obtaining a discretionary permit to carry a firearm didn’t violate the Second Amendment or due process, a federal court said.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state’s requirement that residents show a need for an open-carry permit, ...
Rhode Island’s rules for obtaining a discretionary permit to carry a firearm didn’t violate the Second Amendment or due process, a federal court said.
Rhode Island State Police said a man was arrested on firearms and drug charges at a Cranston day care facility on Thursday.
A Cranston man was arrested Thursday on drug and gun charges at a home that also runs as a daycare, according to Rhode Island ...
Rhode Island's ban, which goes into effect in 2026, prohibits the sale, manufacturing and distribution of certain high-powered firearms that were once banned nationwide.
Elisabeth Ryan, policy counsel at Everytown for Gun Safety, rejected claims that the proposed law is weak. “The weakest law is what Rhode Island has now, no ban on assault weapons,” Ryan said.