PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge says Rhode Island’s gun permit system, which requires residents to show “a need” to ...

Rhode Island's dual system of licenses granted by municipalities and by the attorney general's office. How this ...

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state’s requirement that residents show a need for an open-carry permit, ...

A Second Amendment lobbyist sued the state attorney general in 2023, arguing that he was unlawfully refused an open carry ...

Rhode Island’s rules for obtaining a discretionary permit to carry a firearm didn’t violate the Second Amendment or due process, a federal court said.

Rhode Island’s rules for obtaining a discretionary permit to carry a firearm didn’t violate the Second Amendment or due process, a federal court said.

From Friday's decision by Judge William Smith (D.R.I.) in O'Neil v. Neronha: [W]hile Bruen held that the Second Amendment's ...

Two months after the shooting, there's been no explanation about why the Pawtucket police officer's body-worn camera didn't ...

Politics Bill would require Rhode Island gun owners to lock firearms when not in use Rhode Island currently can punish those who leave a firearm where a child can get it with a fine of $1,000 if ...

Elisabeth Ryan, policy counsel at Everytown for Gun Safety, rejected claims that the proposed law is weak. “The weakest law is what Rhode Island has now, no ban on assault weapons,” Ryan said.