LEGISLATIVE ALERT!

GUNS BILLS BEING HEARD!

FLIER, TESTIMONY TEMPLATE

House & Senate Judiciary Committees 2024

DATE: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
TIME: 3:00 PM
PLACE: House Lounge – State House

House Bill No. 7217
(Governor)
BY Knight, Caldwell, Boylan, Dawson, Speakman, Craven, Batista, Felix, McEntee, Ajello
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — ASSAULT WEAPONS
{LC3374/1} (Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act to be “grandfathered”. Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment.)

House Bill No. 7268
BY Boylan, Knight, Tanzi, Caldwell, Kazarian, Stewart, Fogarty, Craven, McEntee, Batista
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS {LC3489/1}
(Requires purchasers of firearms, to take and pass a basic firearm safety test and requires the firearm test administered by DEM be updated every two years, as deemed appropriate and repeals § 11-47-35.2.)

House Bill No. 7269
BY Boylan, Knight, Tanzi, Caldwell, Kazarian, Stewart, Craven, McEntee, Dawson, Batista
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS {LC3490/1}
(Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.)

House Bill No. 7270
BY Noret, Place, Dawson, O’Brien, Corvese, Chippendale, Casey, Phillips, Cardillo, Bennett
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS {LC3741/1}
(Provides the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general.)

House Bill No. 7373
BY Caldwell, Knight, Fellela, Batista, Boylan, Kazarian, Fogarty, Stewart, McEntee, Handy
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS {LC4005/1}
(Requires safe storage of firearms/provides civil and criminal penalties for violations/adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms requiring a trigger lock to be included with purchase/requires firearms dealers post signs regarding safe storage.)

House Bill No. 7374
BY Place, J. Brien, Rea
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS — CONCEALED
CARRY REFORM {LC4104/1} (Expands firearm rights to recognize out of state carry permits, authorizes weapons carried during emergency evacuation and establishes an appeal process for permit denied.)

House Bill No. 7751
BY Dawson, Shanley, Noret, O’Brien, Casey, Knight, Boylan
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS {LC5309/1}
(Punishes as felony act of unlawfully discharging a firearm or incendiary or explosive substance or device with the intent to hit or fire into any unoccupied dwelling, building, other structure or ship, automobile or other conveyance.)

House Bill No. 7752
BY Lima, Vella-Wilkinson, Cardillo, Azzinaro, Chippendale, Phillips, Place, Hull, Kennedy,
Corvese ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS {LC5564/1} (Provides that any person eighteen (18) years of age who is issued a license or permit may carry a stun gun.)

House Bill No. 7827
(Attorney General)
BY Serpa
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS {LC5087/1}
(Disqualifies individuals with prior felony convictions from purchasing or possessing a firearm.)

House Bill No. 7828
(Attorney General)
BY Craven, McEntee
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — EXPUNGEMENT OF
CRIMINAL RECORDS {LC5573/1} (Allows a law enforcement agency to consider expunged
records when issuing a license or permit to carry a pistol or revolver.)

House Bill No. 7829
(Attorney General)
BY Boylan, Knight, Caldwell, Dawson
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS {LC5085/1}
(Specifies that it is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess a firearm.)

Urgent Legislative Alert! House Judiciary Committee Hearing
DATE: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 TIME: 3:00 PM PLACE: House Lounge – State House
What you need to know about Gun Night at the State House.
Parking:
Metered parking is available on Smith, Francis, and Gaspee Streets
You can also park at the Providence Place Mall, carpool so you can walk up to the State House together.
(After 4:00 some of the employee parking lots are open for free, however, past gun nights they have closed these to stop
us from parking there)
Entering the State House:
Upon entering the State House, you and your belongings will go through a metal detector. You can bring drinks and
snacks, just don’t walk around with them open.
Signs: You can bring signs, but they sometimes limit the size. Also, you cannot bring signs on sticks into the State House.
Signs may or may not be permitted in the committee hearing room.
People from the firearm community will be there to show you where to go. If you would like to volunteer to help, please
let us know. Get there as early as possible!
A table will be set up where you can sign up for and against bills. We will have cheat sheets and bill information available.
If you would like to testify in person, we will have sign up sheets. Personal stories are recommended. Before the hearing
starts, they will give us a time limit to speak … generally 1-3 minutes.
Please get in line to help us fill the hearing room. Anti-gun people get there very early to get in line so they can be in
front for the cameras and Legislators to see. If you can volunteer to get there early, please let us know.
This is generally a long night. Once the hearing is called to order all legislators will present their bills then state officials
get to speak before actual testimony starts. We get to have 3-5 experts speak then testimony begins, is no order to who
they call to testify.
If you are not going to testify in person, please submit written testimony to the Judiciary committee members and the
clerk. This will be recorded into the permanent record.
Written Testimony:
Testimony must include: your name, bill number(s) and viewpoint (for/against/neither).
See attached for a TESTIMONY TEMPLATE.

The staff and Capitol police enjoy having us there because we behave in a respectful professional manner. Some of the
antis are professional provocateurs, don’t feed into their agenda, they are looking for anything to use against us. Feel
free to video them behaving badly.
Overall, this is a great experience and a great way to be with so many great like-minded people. See you there!