On Wednesday, May 14th, the Senate Judiciary Committee is tentatively planning to hold a hearing on S.359, a sweeping semi-auto ban, falsely dubbed an “assault weapons ban.” If passed, this legislation would ban scores of commonly owned rifles, handguns, and shotguns in the Ocean State. Your immediate action is urgently needed! Please use the Take Action button to contact members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and request a NO vote on S.359.
S.359 restricts the manufacture, sale, purchase, and possession of commonly owned semi-automatic firearms in Rhode Island. This sweeping gun ban even includes shotguns with fixed magazines holding more than six rounds as "assault weapons." This means that under this ill-conceived and unconstitutional legislation, a snow goose hunting shotgun would be considered contraband.
Despite claims by the gun control community, this legislation would have no impact on public safety. While this legislation would disarm law-abiding citizens, criminals, who by definition do not follow the law, will continue to obtain and possess semi-automatic firearms in Rhode Island illegally.
The full agenda has not been officially released yet, but please mark your calendars and plan to rally at the Statehouse next Wednesday. We will update members with any changes. As always, please wear yellow to stand in solidarity with fellow Ocean State gun owners.
Stay tuned to the NRA-ILA website for further updates as the legislative session progresses.
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