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

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

A federal judge found Rhode Island's way of giving the attorney general discretion to issue open-carry permits is legal.

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.

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Rhode Island State Police said a man was arrested on firearms and drug charges at a Cranston day care facility on Thursday.

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.

A Cranston man was arrested Thursday on drug and gun charges at a home that also runs as a daycare, according to Rhode Island ...

During the investigation at Promenade Kids, which is operated inside a private residence on Western Promenade Street, police ...

Rhode Island's ban, which goes into effect in 2026, prohibits the sale, manufacturing and distribution of certain high-powered firearms that were once banned nationwide.

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.