How Rhode Island finally pushed a partial assault weapons ban over the finish line
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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee presents a signed bill that bans the sale of assault-style weapons in the state of Rhode Island at the Rhode Island Statehouse in Providence, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sydney Roth)Rhode Island House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, left, addresses a crowd gathered to witness Gov. Dan McKee sign a bill that bans the sale of assault-style weapons in the state of Rhode Island at the Rhode Island Statehouse in Providence, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sydney Roth)Rhode Island Senate President Valarie J. Lawson, right, hugs Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos before Gov. Dan McKee signs a bill banning the sale of assault-style weapons in the state of Rhode Island at the Rhode Island Statehouse in Providence, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sydney Roth)Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action, addresses a crowd gathered to witness Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee sign a bill that bans the sale of assault-style weapons in the state of Rhode Island at the Rhode Island Statehouse in Providence, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sydney Roth)FILE - Rhode Island state police Capt. James Manni gives a demonstration using an AR-15 semi-automatic assault weapon while testifying before a R.I. House Judiciary Committee at The Statehouse, in Providence, R.I., May 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee presents a signed bill that bans the sale of assault-style weapons in the state of Rhode Island at the Rhode Island Statehouse in Providence, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sydney Roth)
