PROVIDENCE – On a day that brought some 2,000 gun rights advocates to the State House to rally against a so-called “assault weapons” bill, the chief sponsor acknowledged his proposal as written may go ...
A Rhode Island House committee is scheduled to vote on an assault weapons ban on June 3. The bill would prohibit the manufacture, purchase, sale, transfer and possession of certain assault weapons, ...
Rhode Island's House on June 5 passed an assault weapons ban on a 43-28 vote following a long debate between gun-rights activists and supporters of the legislation. Gun-rights activists argue the ban ...
Recent mass shootings in Minnesota and Michigan have renewed calls for action on gun violence. Studies suggest the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004, was associated with a ...
The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee held a hearing for the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025 on March 26, offering a forum for debate on a bill that restricts the manufacture, sale, ...
Dr. Greg Ganske is a retired reconstructive surgeon who cared for women with breast cancer, children with cleft lips, farmers with hand injuries, and burn and trauma patients. He served in the U.S.