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Rhode Island assault weapon ban bill up for committee vote
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island’s controversial assault weapons ban is up for a vote in committee Tuesday afternoon. The bill, ushered in by Governor Dan McKee, contains a controversial budget amendment. Gun rights advocates said the language of the bill could mean every gun would be banned in Rhode Island.
If the council approves a proposed ban on the sale of some assault weapons, Winter said ... than two hours to give emotional pleas pro and con on an ordinance prohibiting the commercial ...
The House voted Friday to ban semiautomatic assault weapons, as negotiations over police funding legislation continue. Almost all Republicans voted against the bill, which passed 217-213 ...
The shooting deaths of three children and three adults inside a Nashville school has put further pressure on Congress to look at imposing a ban on so-called assault weapons. Such a prohibition ...
The 1994 ban blocked the sale of 19 specific weapons that have the features of guns used by the military. It expired in 2004 and any new proposals are unlikely to pass a divided Senate. By John ...
The House of Representatives voted to pass an assault weapons ban Friday evening, with legislators narrowly approving the bill with a 217-213 vote. The legislation will now head to the Senate ...
President Joe Biden this week pushed for a ban on military-style weapons as an answer to the nation’s rise in gun violence. But critics say little evidence supports the notion that such a ban ...
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) CHICAGO (CN) — The Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case challenging Cook County, Illinois' decades-old assault weapon ban. The plaintiffs in the ...
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