{"id":4618,"date":"2025-02-14T02:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T02:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2025-02-14T02:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T02:01:21","slug":"ri-variety-of-gun-bills-introduced-to-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=4618","title":{"rendered":"RI: Variety of gun bills introduced to Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 16px\">Since January, GOA has been tracking a mix of gun bills in the Rhode Island Assembly. This list includes pro-gun legislation which helps to restore the Second Amendment rights of Rhode Island residents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 16px\">Unfortunately, alongside these pro-gun bills are several anti-gun bills and proposals that are moving through the legislature as well. The list can be seen below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>Support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>SB 142<\/strong> &#8211; Constitutional carry for all residents over the age of 21.<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>SB 65<\/strong> &#8211; Adds an appeal process for those who have been denied a carry permit.<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>SB 146<\/strong> &#8211; Allows for out of state concealed carry permits to be valid in Rhode Island.<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>SB 144<\/strong> &#8211; Permits possession or use of device that muffles sound on any firearm longer than 17\u201d.<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>SB 150<\/strong> &#8211; Would re-legalize silencers in the state of Rhode Island. *Not* a suppressor freedom bill &#8211; residents would still need to comply with all current federal law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>Oppose:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>HB 5069<\/strong> &#8211; Limits acceptable reasons for a person to request\/apply for a concealed carry license.<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>HB 5130<\/strong>, and its companion bill, <strong>SB 59<\/strong> &#8211; Would require all &#8220;crime guns&#8221; to be submitted to the ATF for testing and tracing.<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>HB 5443<\/strong> &#8211; Allows individuals to voluntarily add themselves to a watchlist that would restrict their right to purchase or possess a firearm.<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>HB 5436<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>An\u00a0&#8220;assault weapons&#8221; ban<\/strong><strong>\u00a0to prohibit the future possession, purchase, sale, control, and manufacture of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>commonly owned firearms<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>As a reminder from our previous alert, Governor McKee&#8217;s <\/strong><strong><a id=\"OWA3fc7176d-3094-1083-7bb6-2c827dde4ef3\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"https:\/\/links.gunowners.org\/u\/click?_t=9eecc33c6c1b40cf9ba24a311369bddc&amp;_m=047A947wxUgubzw74CWuAuqpQBdEsEXuL&amp;_e=yxUdG7BA022Uhywoc7Vgo9rkKbK9_4MyzMu6l6C7XA_t1kPUuxKoES70mDitwgQfwTBxG1QCuX2uPnzGocMIhoC0xOJACS3TAD0TWFZRIc732L3H2hIMsO4hUfs5zoJ9KxWXIra4orvyz2phK_lu0isHtGDWrXRHfGryBJkSlWNQM_9vnODre-vRQYk5X03-pmC9fU1wVHXvXLJfZdDjqqxtVL2asxcIDMulIckm266Q9gwTbRNRfPom_d60KSFl10zC5J6tvRX7WMTV9Grdmg%3D%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/ri02072025\/\" target=\"_self\">FY 2026 budget proposal<\/a><\/strong><strong> that was submitted to the General Assembly ALSO included a <\/strong><strong>so-called &#8220;assault weapons&#8221; ban. This latest piece of accompanying legislation is an affront to your Second Amendment rights. <\/strong><strong><a id=\"OWAc9279831-cb16-e1a3-3c7f-3fa3e29a208d\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"https:\/\/links.gunowners.org\/u\/click?_t=9eecc33c6c1b40cf9ba24a311369bddc&amp;_m=047A947wxUgubzw74CWuAuqpQBdEsEXuL&amp;_e=yxUdG7BA022Uhywoc7Vgo03557kB5vpj_Z1CdpPalhBioXVQ153JPgf-f0a53X_nbGYQ1seFwIkYySbi3y671toyYRe3UhrrNPrJkXGor8yXLcoHlEWCyVw0uaQIXxjXxqBeFdqYB11tJlluBrIADDvuH-kOfmxjXYfAnfm_aqX0k74EMuFeYOgdauJHes16U0Gc4zQv1SLWFGM_lT5wScKUXwpZ9XcsRLPZWP-KNeo%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/links.gunowners.org\/u\/click?_t=9eecc33c6c1b40cf9ba24a311369bddc&amp;_m=047A947wxUgubzw74CWuAuqpQBdEsEXuL&amp;_e=yxUdG7BA022Uhywoc7Vgo03557kB5vpj_Z1CdpPalhBioXVQ153JPgf-f0a53X_nbGYQ1seFwIkYySbi3y671toyYRe3UhrrNPrJkXGor8yXLcoHlEWCyVw0uaQIXxjXxqBeFdqYB11tJlluBrIADDvuH-kOfmxjXYfAnfm_aqX0k74EMuFeYOgdauJHes16U0Gc4zQv1SLWFGM_lT5wScKUXwpZ9XcsRLPZWP-KNeo%3D\">Now is the time to send them a message that your constitutional rights matter!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14px\"><strong>Contact your State Legislator and urge them to SUPPORT the pro-gun bills and OPPOSE the anti-gun bills. <\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: inherit;background-color: transparent\">Reach out to your legislators immediately in the form above and urge them to take action on these gun bills.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/ri02062025\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since January, GOA has been tracking a mix of gun bills in the Rhode Island Assembly. This list includes pro-gun legislation which helps to restore the Second Amendment rights of Rhode Island residents. Unfortunately, alongside these pro-gun bills are several anti-gun bills and proposals that are moving through the legislature as well. The list can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-2a-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}