It’s progress,” said Melissa Carden, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence. “But we know that ...

The version of the Assault Weapons Ban that will be signed by Governor Dan McKee on Thursday is not the same bill introduced ...

Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed a bill into law banning the sale and transfer of assault weapons. The bill signing was celebrated by lawmakers as a significant step towards gun safety, though ...

Governor Dan McKee, flanked by lawmakers and gun safety advocates, plans to sign the assault weapons ban that made it through ...

The bill only applies to the sale and manufacturing of assault weapons, not possession. Rhode Island is now one of eleven states with some version of an assault-style weapons ban. The most similar law ...

The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Lou DiPalma, D-Middletown, bans the buying and selling of certain shotguns and rifles, but not possession of them. Grandfathered weapons also don’t need to be ...

A New Jersey man who assaulted State Police troopers responding to a domestic violence call in Sussex County last year has ...

Amarillo Crime Stoppers is searching for a man wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief.

The rural Chester County couple who endured an attack by a stranger at their home watched as the man pleaded guilty to ...

Like most other states, Minnesota prohibits law enforcement from creating a gun registry, and the state keeps no records of ...

Williams faces three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, ...