RI assault weapons ban fizzles in General Assembly

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — After the deadly school massacre in Newtown, Conn., top Rhode Island leaders gathered to recommend ways to crack down on gun violence. Topping the list were proposals to ban semi-automatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

The idea came from Gov. Lincoln Chafee, House Speaker Gordon Fox, Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed and Attorney General Peter Kilmartin and had the backing of the mayors of Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls.

Yet the gun control legislation was left to languish when lawmakers adjourned their 2013 session Wednesday. Other proposals to change the way handgun permits are awarded or to require gun owners to pay a $100-per-gun registration fee also failed after huge protest rallies at the Statehouse.

Instead, lawmakers passed legislation that would increase jail time for carrying a stolen firearm while committing a violent crime. They also voted to make it illegal to possess a gun with a destroyed serial number.

http://tbo.com/health/ri-assault-weapons-ban-fizzles-in-general-assembly-ap_healthc199ebd3c2014881a4d6194dd31792ca

Local politicians learned the hard way how many gun owners liberal Rhode Island actually has.

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1. Good for the R.I.,

they didn't fall for those feel good laws like AWB and instead opted to pass laws that will actually do some good at reducing gun violence.