Rhode Island Considers Mag Capacity Limit, Assault Weapon Ban, Other Gun Laws

[livingston]

Rhode Island Considers Mag Capacity Limit, Assault Weapon Ban, Other Gun Laws
The state of Rhode Island is one that a lot of us don’t think much about. After all, it’s tiny. Its impact on us, as a national whole, is fairly small despite its long history.

But now the state legislature is considering some bills that will have a significant impact on residents of that state.

As state lawmakers take up a slew of gun-related bills, supporters on both sides of the issue descended upon the State House to make their voices heard.

Among the several bills that the House Judiciary Committee will look at is a measure that would raise the legal age for purchasing a gun from 18 to 21.

The Committee is also hearing testimony on a bill that would prohibit the sale and possession of a feeding device holding more than 10 rounds and bans on assault rifles and 3D-printed guns.

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“It’s not a complete ban on any type of assault weapon because people who already own them will be grandfathered in,” David Leach of Providence said. “So it just reduces the number and access of what essentially is a dangerous item.”

So, if you like your gun you can keep your gun?

Awfully swell of him.

Second Amendment supporters are going to fight this, as they should. Grandfather clauses don’t make anti-gun legislation somehow acceptable. That’s the booby prize of gun control. It’s the lovely parting gift you get in hopes you’ll leave the game show stage quietly.

It’s not a win in any way, shape, or form.

However, if you want to talk about dangerous items, let’s talk about dangerous items. For example, more than 600,000 people will die of cancer each year, an excruciating death by anyone’s estimation. Another 1.25 million people die every year in car crashes. Lord only knows how many hundreds of thousands, if not millions, die from obesity each year.

All of this dwarfs the number of firearm fatalities by orders of magnitude. More people die in car crashes each day than are killed with firearms on an annual basis.

RI Considers Mag Capacity Limit, Assault Weapon Ban, Other Gun Laws

 

[Justincase]

^ Don't forget alcohol. They won't dare touch that though cuz that's something THEY enjoy, and THEY feel has use in society. Never mind that it kills 2.5 to 10x as many people in the U.S. each year.

 

[Mk44]

 

[Jmac00]

dangerous items, did they include Doctors and Medical malpractice. A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers to be as high as 440,000.

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in America. And Doctors are regulated out the ass, yet they kill more people each year than car crashes and guns combined. But lets not talk about that

 

[GOYABEAN]

wait till the voting age drops to 16 across America

 

[ECU Pirates]

dangerous items, did they include Doctors and Medical malpractice. A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers to be as high as 440,000.

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in America. And Doctors are regulated out the ass, yet they kill more people each year than car crashes and guns combined. But lets not talk about that

Look up the real number of those killed by hospital acquired infections. It’s hard to believe.

 

[BDinPutnam]

“It’s not a complete ban on any type of assault weapon because people who already own them will be grandfathered in,” David Leach of Providence said. “So it just reduces the number and access of what essentially is a dangerous item.”

So, some people are more equal than others.

Fuck this douche canoe.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Another state that can break off and fall into the ocean for all I care.

 

[Dr. Evil]

dangerous items, did they include Doctors and Medical malpractice. A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers to be as high as 440,000.

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in America. And Doctors are regulated out the ass, yet they kill more people each year than car crashes and guns combined. But lets not talk about that

I think I once heard that the amount is equal to a jumbo jet crashing every few days for a year and everyone dying each time. How long would they wait until they grounded all planes and tried to figure out the problems? It only took 3 757 flights for that to happen recently yet this goes on year after year and not even much concern. Then again, I digress...

 

[Burzum]

Logical facts and figures mean nothing, new gun regs/confiscation is all about control, and exploiting any pretext possible to achieve that end.

 

[Shadow2]

I love how a state can dictate what rights you have and at what age your rights start ... almost like the constitution doesn't exist for this purpose.