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

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar is once again calling for the nation to outlaw assault weapons. Escobar, D-El Paso, announced Monday, June 23, that she had signed onto the Assault Weapons Ban ...

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

The scaled-back assault weapons ban that state lawmakers approved last week is now on its way to Gov. Dan McKee’s desk.

A compromise version of the bill would ban only the sale of a more limited list of firearms, but members of the Senate are ...

The legislation now goes to the House, which passed a different version of the bill that would also ban the possession of ...

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is poised to sign into law a bill that will ban the sale and manufacture — but not the use or ...

Two amendments proposed by Senate Republicans failed, which would have pushed the start date back to 2027 and allow for ...

The former DNC vice chair urged lawmakers to ban the sale, purchase, and possession of such weapons, while R.I. AFL-CIO ...

What will happen next is unclear. If voted in its current form, the proposed "assault weapons ban" – co-sponsored by more ...

Rhode Island Senate President Valarie Lawson assigned a House-passed assault weapons ban to the Judiciary Committee, where it’s unlikely to advance Lawson rejected a motion to reassign the House ...

The Democratic-controlled Rhode Island state House on Friday passed a bill that would prohibit the sale and manufacturing of ...