Common sense on gun control the only right choice this year

PBN Staff

06/24/2022

R.I. Statehouse — TAKING A STAND: State lawmakers this year passed three gun control measures signed into law by Gov. Daniel J. McKee. They include a ban on firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, raising from 18 to 21 the minimum age for buying guns and prohibiting loaded rifles and shotguns from being carried in public. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

State leaders deserve credit for dismissing legal threats of gun rights activists and passing new gun control laws in the wake of another wave of horrific mass shootings across the nation. Gov. Daniel J. McKee on June 21 signed into law bills that would ban firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, raise from

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