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6-9-2020 ALERT!!!
The House Judiciary Committee will consider several gun bills on Wednesday, June 10th. This is what you need to do:3-11-2020 ALERT!!!
Rally at the State House on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020! It's best to park at either the Providence Place Mall or at one of the Department of Health's parking lots if you arrive after 5pm. The House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the entire package of 2020 anti-gun bills on Wednesday March 11th. There will be signup sheets where you can mark your position on the bills as well as identify if you are testifying or not. There will probably be a time limit so please testify only on the bills that are being heard and stay on topic. You will also have the opportunity to submit a written testimony if you choose not to testify. This year’s bills are some of the worst ever in attempting to infringe upon your Second Amendment rights. Here’s just some of what these bills would do:House Bill No. 7034 BY O'Brien, Craven, Millea, Amore, Corvese ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAINTENANCE OF ORDER ON CAMPUS -- SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights.")
House Bill No. 7085 BY Serpa, Ackerman, Caldwell, McKiernan, Speakman ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Prohibits the manufacturing, importation, sale, shipment, delivery, possession, or transfer of any firearm that is undetectable by metal detectors commonly used at airports and public buildings including 3D printed firearms as defined herein.)
House Bill No. 7101 BY Mattiello, Marszalkowski, Barros, Johnston, Alzate ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided dispatch records management system.)
House Bill No. 7102 Sub A BY Serpa, Caldwell, McEntee, McKiernan, Blazejewski ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Prohibits the manufacturing, importation, sale, shipment, delivery, possession, or transfer of any firearm that is undetectable by metal detectors commonly used at airports and public buildings including 3D printed firearms as defined herein.)
House Bill No. 7103 Sub B BY McKiernan, Caldwell, Knight, McNamara, Slater ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)
House Bill No. 7263 BY Caldwell, Knight, McEntee, Williams, Craven ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Bans possession, sale and transfer of assault weapons which are not properly registered.)
House Bill No. 7264 BY Caldwell, Knight, Craven, Tobon, McKiernan ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Bans large capacity feeding devices for use in firearms.)
House Bill No. 7327 BY Tanzi, Speakman, Cassar, Ranglin-Vassell, Ajello ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the age from eighteen to twenty-one years for lawful possession, sale, or transfer of firearms or ammunition. Full-time law enforcement, state marshals and member of U.S. military would be exempt from these prohibitions.)
House Bill No. 7472 BY Ranglin-Vassell, Lyle, Lombardi, Hull, Donovan ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits schools from offering employment incentives or bonuses to teachers on the condition that the teacher either is or becomes licensed to carry a weapon.)
House Bill No. 7543 BY Corvese, Ucci, Jacquard, Johnston, Canario ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT - PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND DISGUISED MASKS PROHIBITED (Makes it a misdemeanor for persons to carry, possess, or wear masks or protective clothing or equipment designed to minimize the risk of injury from deadly weapons, for the purposes of hindering law enforcement crowd control actions.)
House Bill No. 7591 BY Canario, Jacquard, Noret, Johnston, Edwards ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Allows law enforcement officers to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for muffling sound of firearm while acting within scope of official duties while training as tactical teams and under supervision of police chief, colonel of state police.)
House Bill No. 7595 BY Casey, Chippendale, Corvese, Lima, Filippi ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL (Requires attorney general to issue report of all charges involving a firearm, and if said charges were disposed for that calendar year. Included in report details of firearm.)
House Bill No. 7633 BY Johnston ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits obtaining a firearm on behalf of another person if that person is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and would increase the penalties for a second and subsequent purchase of firearms by use of false information.)
House Bill No. 7715 BY Diaz, Kazarian, Barros, McEntee, Ajello ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits the possession of firearms on school grounds except for peace officers, retired law enforcement officers, persons under contract to provide school security services, and unloaded firearms in locked containers or a locked rack on motor vehicles.)
House Bill No. 7716 BY Diaz, Caldwell, Barros, Almeida, Ajello ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Defines rifle and shotgun and makes it unlawful to possess a loaded rifle or shotgun in public subject to various exceptions.)
House Bill No. 7720 BY Caldwell, Knight, Williams, Blazejewski, Lyle ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires firearms to be stored securely when not in use and enhances penalties for failure to store firearms in a secure manner.)
House Bill No. 7741 BY Noret, Vella-Wilkinson, Corvese, Place, Hawkins ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Create an appeal process in which an applicant for a concealed firearms permit or firearms transfer, could appeal to the agency which denied the permit.)
House Bill No. 7752 BY Filippi, Roberts, Chippendale, Quattrocchi, Price ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Permits the open and concealed carrying of weapons by certain persons in the act of evacuating the area pursuant to an order of the governor or local authority under chapter 15 of title 30.)
House Bill No. 7756 BY Place, Quattrocchi, Chippendale, Roberts, Filippi ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Amends the definition of firearms to include taser. Permits any person over the age of eighteen (18) to possess a stun gun. Enacts the review and appeal process of applying for a license to carry with the licensing authority or attorney general.)
House Bill No. 7909 BY Lima, Mattiello, Noret, Solomon, Quattrocchi ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Provides that any person eighteen (18) years of age who is issued a license may carry a stun gun. It also adds "tasers" to the definition of "firearm." and provides for an appeal process for denial of an application for a permit.)
House Bill No. 7911 BY Roberts, Place, Quattrocchi, Chippendale, Price ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY - CAUSES OF ACTION (Provides for a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property by an individual that is authorized and licensed to carry a firearm.)
House Bill No. 7928 BY Williams, Millea ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES-WEAPONS (Requires person selling firearm to require purchaser execute a medical release form for release of medical records relating to addiction to controlled substance, alcoholism and/or mental health illness for a period of 5 years preceding application.)
House Bill No. 7957 BY Canario, Bennett, Casey, Solomon, Johnston ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Includes the chief inspector and inspector as those exempt from carrying a firearm without a permit and defines them as peace officers.)