Fighting to Reduce Gun Violence in Rhode Island
Our coalition of more than 100 partner organizations includes over 120,000 Rhode Islanders united in the effort to reduce gun violence.
Fighting to Reduce Gun Violence in Rhode Island
2020 Gun Safety Poll Results In
Overwhelming support for common-sense gun safety measures in Rhode Island. Highlights include:
71.5% Support
for limiting magazine capacity to 10 rounds
70.5% Support
for banning military-style assault weapons
80% + Do not own a gun
Conducted by The Center for Research and Public Policy, Inc., from March 1 to 11, 2020, to collect resident views on gun safety and gun violence prevention issues and legislation.
The research study included 600 completed interviews with residents of Rhode Island who were 18 years of age or older.
Sign the Petition to Limit Magazine Capacity to 10 Rounds in RI!
15 of the 20 Most Deadly Mass Shootings in the Past Decade* Have Included the Use of Large Capacity Magazines.
The few seconds it takes to change an ammunition magazine are precious – 10 round magazines make shooters reload more frequently, which give victims a chance to flee or fight back. Rhode Island must pass H7264/S2130 as a public health reform this year!
2020 Legislative Agenda
Banning Ghost Guns
These do-it-yourself firearms can be built in the home, creating untraceable guns for use by anyone, and circumventing background checks that prevent criminals from owning a gun.
Regulating High Capacity Magazines
Limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds makes it harder for killers to commit mass murder and gives people critical seconds to flee or try to fight back.
Gun Control IS Constitutional
In 2008, District of Columbia v. Heller affirmed:
“the [Second Amendment] right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.”
Using Heller v. DC, six U.S. Courts of Appeal have REJECTED Second Amendment protection for state assault weapons and/or high capacity magazine bans, most recently in Massachusetts on April 26, 2019!
Recent Gun Violence News, Politics, Incidents and Statistics
RI House Votes to Ban Ghost Guns 60-6
Representatives vote overwhelmingly to support a ban on untraceable and undetectable “ghost guns.”
Valentine’s Not Gun Violence Rally
Kicking off the rally with a poem was Jaychele Schenck, youth organizer and leader with Young Voices.
Senate Judiciary Committee Votes 6-0 in Support of 3D-Printed and Ghost Gun Ban
There is a House version of the bill awaiting a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee.
Safe School Advocates Face 2A Bullies with Song
Standing Up for Students and Teachers at the State House
Massachusetts Upholds Assault Weapons Ban
For the second time in almost exactly one year the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejects Second Amendment protection for assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines.
House Judiciary Committee Members 2019
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2018 Year in Review
Rhode Islanders across the state banded together for common-sense reforms.
Statement on Terror in Pittsburgh
Another massacre with an AR-15 at a synogogue in Pittsburgh.
2018 Election Goals Coming Together
Key partnerships are generating media attention and stirring voters.
RI’s Young Voices Videos Ask: Isn’t It Time for Common-Sense Gun Laws?
Four new videos by R.I. students working to change the narrative around gun violence prevention.
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