ALERT! RI Senate Judiciary Hearing on ALL gun bills on April 12th, 2021!!

Hearing will start at 3pm and will last until late evening. You have the option to submit written testimony AND/OR testify via telephone. Many people will submit written testimony, but we need more people to testify. It doesn't need to be a lengthy testimony, but please at least state that you are opposed to more gun control.
Agenda

It is CRITICAL that you do the following steps:

Verbal Testimony
Submit by Sunday, 4pm! Use Rhode Island phone number if possible! Press the button above and fill out the form. UPDATE: You need to fill out the form for each bill you want to testify (verbal) on, but you will only testify once. The Committee will call you when it is your turn. The call will be from 401 222 xxxx. If you miss the call, please email the clerk and they may let you testify later. Keep your testimony on a topic directly related to the bill.

Please fill out one form for each bill to state your position, but you will only get to testify one time!
Anti gun bills: S0073, S0129, S0406, S0414, S0415, S0416, S0417, S0737, S0742
Pro gun bills: S0119, S0176, S0191, S0456, S0507, S0508, S0509, S0517, S0522

Watch Hearing

Written Testimony: Submit by Monday, 2pm! Use the form below to submit written testimony via email. Feel free to modify the Subject and Body of the email. You will receive a copy of the email.

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Your Email* Phone# Subject* Please OPPOSE all gun control bills! Comments* (feel free to personalize the letter) Madam Chair Coyne and Members of Senate Judiciary Committee, As much as anyone, we Second Amendment supporters want gun violence reduced. But the restrictive gun bills (S0073, S0129, S0406, S0414, S0415, S0416, S0417, S0737, and S0742) cannot possibly make Rhode Islanders safer. They will have absolutely no impact on those who commit the vast majority of shootings. Overwhelmingly shootings are committed by criminals using illegally possessed guns, not by people who own them legally. All the bills above impose restrictions on legal firearms owners. Criminals will pay no attention to them. So how can these misdirected bills make us safer? Also these bills will make it more difficult for good people to own firearms to protect themselves against armed criminals. Similar laws have completely failed in other states and in fact have had serious negative consequences. More than 85% of Connecticut's gun owners have refused to register or turn in the rifles restricted under a 2013 law Fifty-two of New York states counties have petitioned the state to rescind the states antifirearms SAFE Act. At the end of 2019 New Jerseyans were supposed to turn in all ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds. Not a single one has. But the laws did "accomplish" one thing: They made tens of thousands of responsible firearms' owners felons. The negative economic environment created by these bills is likely cost Rhode Island jobs and tax revenues. There are at least 130 businesses in our state that are dependent on the firearms industry, generating employment tax , sales tax, property and fire tax revenue. Manufacturers, platers, gun stores, public ranges, sporting shops, preserves and tourism employ more than 600 people. A National Shooting Sports Foundation study in 2019 found that gun owners in Rhode Island generated $134,871,000 for the local economy. What credible evidence have the gun control advocates offered that their laws will make Rhode Islanders safer other than their own biased "studies"? We hope you agree that laws must be made based on facts, not fears, emotions and the irresponsible notion that "something must be done" no matter whether it will be effective or not. Please OPPOSE these pointless bills. Please OPPOSE the following bills: S0073, S0129, S0406, S0414, S0415, S0416,S0417, S0737, S0742! Please SUPPORT the following bills: S0119, S0176, S0191, S0456, S0507, S0508, S0509, S0517, S0522! Thank you for your time. Sincerely,

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