Gun control advocates are again pushing for a RI ‘assault weapon ban.’ Now, the AFL-CIO is helping. Katherine Gregg Providence Journal Thursday February 8, 2024 PROVIDENCE – The battle began anew Thursday for an...
A shooting threat directed at Gilbert Stuart Middle School was reported by two individuals who said their children had shown them a disturbring message on their phone: “According to police, the message from an unknown phone said the following, “I hate Ms. Onye...
RICAGV Commissions Artist Gem Barros In the summer of 2021 the Board asked Gem to create a piece of art that would memorialize the pain of gun violence not only as a parent who lost her daughter, but also as a Rhode Islander during a dramatic surge in gun deaths and...
Six people were killed or injured in two seperate incidents in Warren and Providence in less than a week. This brings the total of non-suicide gun deaths in Rhode Island to twenty-seven, just shy of the 2020 total of twenty-eight. 15 RI Municipalities with Gun...
87% Increase in Gun Deaths – 2020 v. 2019 While gun sales surge beyond all previous years and gun deaths already topping the previous six years, leadership at the Rhode Island General Assembly has once again refused to take up evidence-backed, common-sense gun...
RICAGV Endorses Tiara Mack for RI Senate District 6 We are supporting Tiara because we know she will be a champion for common sense gun safety in the Senate. We can also count on her to fight for other traditional Democratic issues, including: Affordable Housing ...
RICAGV Endorses Sen. Josh Miller for RI Senate District 28 Senator Miller has been a strong supporter of common-sense gun safety reform for years. Most recently he was the lead sponsor on legislation to regulate assault weapons; he has also co-sponsored many other...
Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, in third bout with cancer, is resolute about his role.April 18, 2024
