Our Spring 2020 Donation Drive is Even More Important in Light of the Gun Buying Panic in Rhode Island
132% Increase in FBI Background Checks for RI
The Ocean State tops the list of U.S. states for NICS gun background checks in March. We’ve timelined the events that have lead up to this shocking new statistic.
2020 Gun Safety Poll Results In
Overwhelming support for common-sense gun safety measures in Rhode Island. Highlights include:
71.5% Support Limiting Magazines to 10 Rounds
70.5% Support a Ban on Assault Weapons
Less than 20% have a gun in their home
From the RICAGV Blog
15 of the 20 Deadliest Mass Shootings Included Large Capacity Magazines.
Large capacity magazines turn killers into killing machines.
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.
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!
Sign the Petition to Limit Magazine Capacity to 10 Rounds in RI!
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!
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