Top Rhode Island Dems push 'assault weapons' ban
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Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee and other top officials in his party urged the state legislature to help pass a ban on so-called "assault weapons" into law.
Knight and Miller plan to introduce legislation this week as soon as it's drafted. There have been similar proposals to ban assault weapons over the past decade in Rhode Island, which have never garnered enough support among legislative leaders.
In the last legislative session, lawmakers approved banning magazines holding more than 10 rounds, raising the state’s minimum age for buying rifles and shotguns from 18 to 21 and prohibiting loaded rifles and shotguns from being carried in public. McKee signed those into law in June.
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