One gun shop owner said sales have increased for assault weapons as new gun laws go into effect next month.

Read full article: From heat to heavy rain. Here’s what to expect as tropical moisture surges in. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Passing a new law restricting assault weapons took Rhode Island lawmakers more than ...

Rhode Island legislators have introduced bills to ban the purchase of new semi-automatic assault weapons. Public opinion polls show over 60% of Rhode Islanders support such a ban. While the gun lobby ...

As physicians, we are trained to prevent injuries as well as manage injuries once they happen. Yet, every day, we witness the devastating toll of firearm violence. Some of these injuries are caused by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A split Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of gun rights cases, though one conservative justice predicted the court would soon consider whether assault weapons bans are ...

New York is widely seen as having some of the toughest gun laws in the country. But state statutes alone can only do so much when a gunman can drive across the country to carry out a mass shooting in ...

The four New Yorkers killed last Monday should be alive today. Congress should follow New York’s lead, and take the lifesaving measure of barring civilian access to these weapons of war. Last week, a ...

Rhode Island's Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as assault weapons. The ...