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 ...

Gov. Tim Walz signed two executive orders: one establishing a council, another directing state agencies to make gun violence prevention a priority.

The Trump administration’s Justice Department has picked a high‑stakes fight with the nation’s capital, arguing that ...

A renewed Democratic effort to ban so-called assault weapons is moving forward at the statehouse. It cleared the House Judiciary Committee shortly after midnight on Wednesday, following a roughly ...

State police say an investigation into sexual assault reports led to the discovery of multiple weapons of mass destruction.

The department's lawsuit notes that the prohibited firearms are "in common use" for "lawful purposes," meaning they are ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gun owners face a Jan. 1 deadline to register their assault weapons with the state under Illinois’ assault weapons law. But between lawsuits and ongoing policymaking, the exact ...

Although many parts of Illinois’ ban on assault weapons went into effect in 2023, a key provision took effect on New Year's Day. That provision requires individuals who “owned assault weapons, ...

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, ...

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