Rhode Island State Police said a man was arrested on firearms and drug charges at a Cranston day care facility on Thursday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge says Rhode Island’s gun permit system, which requires residents to show “a need” to ...

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Rhode Island's dual system of licenses granted by municipalities and by the attorney general's office. How this ...

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state’s requirement that residents show a need for an open-carry permit, ...

Rhode Island’s rules for obtaining a discretionary permit to carry a firearm didn’t violate the Second Amendment or due process, a federal court said.

A Second Amendment lobbyist sued the state attorney general in 2023, arguing that he was unlawfully refused an open carry ...

Rhode Island’s rules for obtaining a discretionary permit to carry a firearm didn’t violate the Second Amendment or due process, a federal court said.

Elisabeth Ryan, policy counsel at Everytown for Gun Safety, rejected claims that the proposed law is weak. “The weakest law is what Rhode Island has now, no ban on assault weapons,” Ryan said.

How an outbreak of violence on a January holiday figures in homicide statistics during the first six months of 2025.