Rhode Island Becomes Latest State to Pass New Gun-Reform Laws
Rhode Island on Friday became the latest state to pass new gun restrictions in the wake of several high-profile mass shootings over the last year.
Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo signed two provisions into law. One bans bump stocks, the devices that modify semiautomatic rifles into automatic-fire weapons. Though bump stocks rarely make an appearance in shootings, they were used to deadly effect by Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 people in Las Vegas last year. Since then, the federal government has moved to ban them, though that process could take years.
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