On June 26, 2025, Governor of Rhode Island (D) Dan McKee signed into law a ban on the manufacture, purchase, sale or transfer of certain firearms. The firearms affected were semi-automatic shotguns with fixed magazine capacity exceeding six rounds, shotguns with revolving cylinders, and semi-automatic rifles with fixed magazine capacity exceeding ten rounds.
In addition, the ban covers semi-automatic rifles which can accept a detachable magazine and which have any one or more of the following characteristics:
folding or telescoping stock
bayonet mount
grenade launcher
shroud which protects the non-trigger hand, except an extension of the stock on the bottom of the barrel
pistol grip or thumbhole stock
flash suppressor or threaded barrel which could accept the same
The ban also covers semi-automatic pistols with a fixed magazine capacity exceeding 10 rounds and any semi-automatic firearm that can accept a belt ammunition feeding device.
Click the link to read the whole article: Rhode Island Move to Ban Commonly Owned Firearms
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