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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0946 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002207 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Bissaillon, Lawson, Tikoian, LaMountain, and DiPalma |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: April 04, 2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 19 | 19 | | (Attorney General) |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 11-47-33 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons" 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 11-47-33. Possession of firearms by minors. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) It shall be unlawful within this state for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | possess and use any firearm unless the person is in the presence of a parent or guardian or 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | supervising adult at any regular and recognized camp or rifle range approved by the Rhode Island 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | state police or by the chief of police of the city or town in which the camp or rifle range is located; 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided, that this provision shall not apply to minors engaged in lawful hunting activity under the 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | supervision of a parent or guardian or qualified adult, minors participating in Reserve Officer 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Training Corps programs, ceremonial parade activities, competitive and target shooting, 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | participants in state militia activities and minors participating in a basic firearms education 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | program; provided, further, that a person under eighteen (18) years of age may carry a firearm, 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | unloaded, in a suitable case to and from his or her home and the camp or range and from the camp 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | or range to other camp or range when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or supervising adult. 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) For purposes of this section only, “qualified adult” means any person twenty-one (21) 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | years of age or older and permitted by law to possess and use the firearm. 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 47 | 47 | | LC002207 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 49 | 49 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 50 | 50 | | OF |
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| 51 | 51 | | A N A C T |
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| 52 | 52 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS |
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| 53 | 53 | | *** |
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| 54 | 54 | | This act would specify that it is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | possess a firearm. 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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