It's that time of year again, for stupid gun laws in the legislature!

[Swamp_Yankee]

Most every proposed law in RI gets tabled and the system for proposing new laws in the RI legislature is stupid (each legislator gets 2-3 and they propose anything just to show activity- which is why most of them get killed) but here is the current list:

Senate Bill No. 2239
BY Ciccone, Felag, Walaska, Lombardi, Lombardo
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY (would change the maximum size of shotgun shells a person may have on his or her possession while hunting from a number two (no. 2) shot to a 00 ("double-aught") shot)
{LC3865/1}
01/30/2014 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary


Senate Bill No. 2242
BY Lynch, Gallo, Goodwin, Nesselbush, Sosnowski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (would prevent anyone convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence offense from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting, or possessing a firearm)
{LC3705/1}
01/30/2014 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary


House Resolution No. 7073
BY Ruggiero, Chippendale, Coderre
ENTITLED, JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE REPORTING DATE AND CHANGING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND FIREARMS SAFETY TASK FORCE TO REVIEW, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, STATUTES RELATING TO FIREARMS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES (would change the membership of the Behavioral Health and Firearms Safety Task Force by replacing the State Court Administrator with a licensed clinical psychologist and extending the reporting date to February 28, 2014)
{LC3297/1}
01/14/2014 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary


House Bill No. 7214
BY Fellela, Ucci, Costantino, Carnevale
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (would exempt from sales and use taxes containers and storage containers designed for the purpose of safely storing firearms)
{LC3667/1}
01/29/2014 Introduced, referred to House Finance


House Bill No. 7310
BY Amore, Kazarian, Blazejewski, Valencia, Finn
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (would prohibit the possession and/or ownership of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor under the domestic violence statute)
{LC3117/1}
01/30/2014 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary


House Bill No. 7311
BY Ajello, Cimini, Finn, Diaz, Blazejewski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (would prevent anyone convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence offense from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting, or possessing a firearm)
{LC3704/1}
01/30/2014 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary


House Bill No. 7328
BY Hull, McLaughlin, Bennett, Chippendale, Giarrusso
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (would require that mandatory jail sentencing imposed on the crime of possession of a stolen firearm not be suspended or deferred)
{LC4008/1}
02/06/2014 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary


House Bill No. 7376
BY Fellela, Carnevale, Costantino, Casey
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (would provide for automatic renewal of a gun permit or license)
{LC4059/1}
02/06/2014 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary

2293 is utterly moronic, as if RI has a problem with rogue hunters taking pot shots in the streets of Providence and the domestic violence ones all seem equally retarded- federal law already prohibits people convicted of domestic violence from purchasing firearms, but some of the others look pretty good! I like the automatic renewal bill quite a lot and tax bill is not bad either.

I expect we'll probably see another dozen before the submission period for new legislation ends (which should be soon).