Gun Owners Plan Truck Convoy & Rally For 2nd Amendment Rights

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI—The House Judiciary Committee will vote Tuesday on two bills connected to gun safety and Second Amendment rights. Before it does, the RI Gun Shops & RI Gun Owners plan to make its views known. The group posted two events on its Facebook page for Tuesday at the Statehouse. At 3 p.m., a truck convoy is planned, and a rally is also planned for 3 to 7 p.m.

Here is the Tuesday schedule from Meredyth Whitty at the Legislative Press Bureau.

Scheduled for votes are:

· 2018-H 7688 — This bill sponsored by Rep. Dennis M. Canario (D-Dist. 71, Portsmouth, Little Compton, Tiverton), called the “red flag” bill, would create extreme risk protection orders so courts could disarm people whose behavior is believed by authorities to pose a serious threat to others or themselves.

· 2018-H 7075 — Sponsored by Rep. Robert E. Craven (D-Dist. 32, North Kingstown), this bill would make possession or use of a semi-automatic weapon rapid fire device —including a bump stock, binary trigger or trigger crank — punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.