2014 -- S 2899
Enacted 07/08/14
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS
Introduced By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin
Date Introduced: April 10, 2014
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11-47-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons" is hereby amended to read as follows:
11-47-9. Persons exempt from restrictions. -- (a)
The provisions of section §11-47-8 shall not apply to sheriffs,; deputy
sheriffs,;
the superintendent and members of the state police,; members of the Rhode Island airport police
department,;
members of the Rhode Island state marshals,; Rhode Island state fire marshal,; chief
deputy state fire marshals,; deputy state fire marshals assigned to the bomb
squad,;
and those assigned to the investigation unit,; Providence fire
department arson investigators, provided that the investigator receiving the
permit is a graduate of a police-training academy; correctional
officers, within the department of corrections,; members of the city or town police force,; capitol
police investigators of the department of attorney general appointed pursuant
to section §42-9-8.1,; the
witness protection coordinator for the witness protection review board as set
forth in chapter 30 of title 12 and subject to the minimum qualifications of section §42-9-8.1,; and automobile theft investigators of the Rhode
Island state police pursuant to section §31-50-1,; railroad police while traveling to and from
official assignments or while on assignments,; conservation officers,; or other duly
appointed law enforcement officers,; nor to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
and Marine Corps of the United States, the National Guard, or organized
reserves, when on duty,; nor to members of organizations by law
authorized to purchase or receive firearms from the United States or this state,
provided these members are at, or going
to or from, their places of assembly or
target practice,; nor to officers or employees of the United
States authorized by law to carry a concealed firearm,; nor to any civilian
guard or criminal investigator carrying sidearms or a concealed firearm in the
performance of his or her official duties under the authority of the commanding
officer of the military establishment in the state of Rhode Island where he or
she is employed by the United States,; nor to any civilian guard carrying sidearms or
a concealed firearm in the performance of his or her official duties under the
authority of the adjutant general where he or she is employed guarding a
national guard facility, provided, that the commanding officer of the military
establishment shall have on file with the attorney general of this state a list
of the names and addresses of all civilian guards and criminal investigators so
authorized,;
nor to duly authorized military organizations when on duty,; nor to
members when at, or going to or from, their customary places of assembly,; nor to
any individual employed in the capacity of warden, associate warden, major,
captain, lieutenant, sergeant, correctional officer or investigator at any
project owned or operated by a municipal detention facility corporation,
including the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility,; nor to the regular and/or ordinary
transportation of pistols or revolvers as merchandise,; nor to any person
while transporting a pistol, or revolvers, unloaded from the place of purchase
to their residence, or place of business, from their residence to their place
of business or from their place of business to their residence,; or to a Ffederal Ffirearms
licensee for the purpose of sale, to or from a bona fide gunsmith, or firearms
repair facility, to any police station or other location designated as a site
of a bona fide "gun buy-back" program,
but only if said pistol or revolver is unloaded and any ammunition for said
pistol or revolver is not readily or directly accessible from the passenger
compartment of such vehicle while transporting same and further provided, that in the case of a vehicle without a
compartment separate from the passenger compartment,
the firearm or the ammunition shall be stored in a locked container.
(b) Persons exempted by the provisions
of this section from the provisions of section
§11-47-8 shall have the right to carry
concealed firearms everywhere within this state; provided, that this shall not
be construed as giving the right to carry concealed firearms to a person
transporting firearms as merchandise or as household or business goods.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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