Great Show for Common-Sense Gun Control at RI Judiciary Hearings

Supporters did a great job providing well thought-out and prepared testimony that will undoubtedly help our law makers put our common-sense gun bills to the floor for a vote: Safe Schools Act Assault Weapon Ban High Capacity Magazine Ban From our bill sponsors to...

FBI Data Shows Big Upward Trend in Gun Massacres

Highest Levels of Gun Massacres in History The FBI Reports on 220 Active Shooter Incidents from 2000-2016 FBI.gov published their latest statistics on Active Shooter incidents and casualties and the results are very distressing. There is a dramatic increase in the...

15 Representatives on the Fence

← Dramatic Rise of Assault Weapons and High Capacity Firearms in Crime Parkland Florida Killer Used Assault Weapon to Shoot Through Doors → The Safe Schools Act and Assault Weapon Ban are in Jeopardy As of May 3, 2018 the following House Representatives are...

Dramatic Rise of Assault Weapons and High Capacity Firearms in Crime

Criminal Use of Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Semiautomatic Firearms An Updated Examination of Local and National Sources First published online October 2, 2017. Authors: Christopher Koper, Ph.D., Principal Author, William D. Johnson, Jordan L. Nichols, Ambrozine...

RI is Way Out-of-Step When it Comes to Guns in Schools

Just how out-of-step is Rhode Island with respect to allowing concealed carry in schools? Very. Rhode Island is currently one of only 4 states in the U.S. that generally allows the concealed carry of firearms in schools. Nationally, Rhode Island is an outlier in terms...

Press Release: Applauding Massachusetts Assault Weapon Court Victory

RICAGV Press Release RICAGV Congratulates Massachusetts Appeals Court Ruling in Favor of the Assault Weapons Ban FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 9, 2018 CONTACT: Kat Kerwin, Director of Communications Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence Statement...

RICAGV Rejects Call to Repeal the Second Amendment

← RICAGV Organizing Meeting: April 2018 Press Release: Applauding Massachusetts Assault Weapon Court Victory → Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens recently wrote an Op-Ed in the New York Times in which he advocates repeal of the Second Amendment....