PROVIDENCE – On a day that brought some 2,000 gun rights advocates to the State House to rally against a so-called “assault weapons” bill, the chief sponsor acknowledged his proposal as written may go ...

Defining what is or isn’t an assault weapon is rather nebulous at its very core. However, the closest definition we can work with centers around a semi-automatic rifle with a military-style design.

The Trump administration’s Justice Department has picked a high‑stakes fight with the nation’s capital, arguing that Washington’s ban on AR‑15 style rifles and other semiautomatic weapons violates the ...

Rhode Island's House on June 5 passed an assault weapons ban on a 43-28 vote following a long debate between gun-rights activists and supporters of the legislation. Gun-rights activists argue the ban ...

New Senate President Valarie Lawson “strongly supports the assault weapons ban legislation” and “will continue working with her colleagues on the Judiciary Committee to try to win its passage,” a ...

The four New Yorkers killed last Monday should be alive today. Congress should follow New York’s lead, and take the lifesaving measure of barring civilian access to these weapons of war. Last week, a ...

Recent mass shootings in Minnesota and Michigan have renewed calls for action on gun violence. Studies suggest the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004, was associated with a ...

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Dr. Greg Ganske is a retired reconstructive surgeon who cared for women with breast cancer, children with cleft lips, farmers with hand injuries, and burn and trauma patients. He served in the U.S.