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Just about everyone I know of has qualified with a .45 cal (or maybe a 9mm) since you will be limited to carrying the caliber you qualify at at the largest.
If you can stay on two sheets of printer paper at 25 yards, you are good. Not a real hard qualification to meet. But I agree it's a stupid standard for what is supposed to be a self-defense permit where almost all interactions are at 7 yards or less.
Yes, but we were discussing how this relates to someone who already owns firearms. Before even going into the store, they would posses the means to whack their neighbor, no?
They say that towns in RI are "shall issue" but they are really not, there is a suitability requirement which not defined, and is subject to the whims of the local police department. So as you say, green towns and red towns. If you want a permit in a red town, well good luck with that.
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This smells like the influence of the Chief Justice, who is much more concerned with how the court is viewed by the liberal media, than actually making substantive decisions. The move watered down, the better for him.