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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Dawson, Shanley, Noret, O'Brien, Casey, Knight, and | |
Date Introduced: February 28, 2024 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 11-47 of the General Laws entitled "Weapons" is hereby amended |
2 | by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 11-47-51.2. Discharge of firearm or incendiary or explosive substance or device at |
4 | empty dwelling, building, ship, automobile or other conveyance. |
5 | (a) No person shall unlawfully discharge a firearm or incendiary or explosive substance or |
6 | device with the intent to hit or fire into any unoccupied dwelling, building, other structure or ship, |
7 | automobile or other conveyance. |
8 | (b) Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by imprisonment |
9 | for not more than ten (10) years and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or |
10 | both. |
11 | (c) Any person injured as a result of a violation of this section shall be entitled to the civil |
12 | remedies provided by ยง 7-15-4. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | |
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1 | This act would punish as a felony, the act of unlawfully discharging a firearm or incendiary |
2 | or explosive substance or device with the intent to hit or fire into any unoccupied dwelling, building, |
3 | other structure or ship, automobile or other conveyance. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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