Intended Grandfathering Language Left out of RI AWB; Drafting Error Cited..

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The spokes person for the House says it was a mistake, but I think it was done intentional... No wonder why we don't want to register our guns...
Intended Grandfathering Language Left out of RI Assault Weapon Bill; Drafting Error Cited


Legislative language that would allow Rhode Islanders who own guns defined as assault weapons to keep them after the July 1 effective date is missing from the relevant bill.

House Spokesman Larry Berman looked into the situation after being asked by RIPR to pinpoint the language grandfathering-in assault weapon owners after the targeted effective date. He says the relevant language was included in a companion bill on ammunition, but inadvertently left out of the assault weapon bill. "It was just a drafting error," Berman says. "We will fix it."

The missing language in the bill was brought to RIPR's attention by a local gun advocate.

Berman says the issue of grandfathering was in the notes and talking points for House Speaker Gordon Fox and Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed when they rolled out a nine-part legislative gun package at the Statehouse last week

Gun owners remain alarmed about what they consider potential infringements on their rights, as states and Congress consider new laws in response to the school shooting last year in Newtown, Connecticut. Supporters of gun control are sometimes dubbed "gun grabbers" in this debate.

Meanwhile, just how much -- if any -- of the Rhode Island gun package will become law remains open to question. Efforts to make RI gun laws more stringent have faced an uphill battle in recent years, in part since gun owners tend to more politically engaged than people on the other side of the issue.

Intended Grandfathering Language Left out of RI Assault Weapon Bill; Drafting Error Cited | Rhode Island Public Radio
 
This bill was set to have a hearing on April 24th. 20 minutes later, a Pro gun rally was announced for the same day, and the hearing of the bill (and other gun bills) were moved out a week! The games have already begun.
The Senate bills are scheduled for a hearing next week, that is until they change it...
I will post more information about the hearings and rally once I have more information.
 
Shady bastards changing the dates so they don't have to listen to us argue for our civil ****ing rights...

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I am on the fence if I should bring this point up during the hearing, on one hand, if left out, then this bill will face opposition, and if it passes most likely lead to its repeal bases on it banning a firearm "in common use" (upheld by the Heller case). The whole comprise argument is valid and i can see them using it to appease people and push this bill through.
 
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