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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: Senators Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, DeLuca, E Morgan, and Ciccone | |
Date Introduced: January 24, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-47-20 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons" |
2 | is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-47-20. Sale or possession of silencers. |
4 | (a) It shall be unlawful within this state to manufacture, sell, purchase, or possess and/or |
5 | use a firearm, with an overall length of less than seventeen inches (17"), which has attached any |
6 | muffler, silencer, or device for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm when discharged. |
7 | (b) Violations of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year |
8 | and one day. |
9 | SECTION 2. Chapter 20-13 of the General Laws entitled "Hunting and Hunting Safety" is |
10 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
11 | 20-13-18. Hunting with suppressor. |
12 | (a) An individual in lawful possession of a device that will silence, suppress, or muffle the |
13 | sound of a natural report of a rifle or shotgun when the rifle or shotgun is discharged may, at the |
14 | individual's sole discretion, use such device to hunt any game for which the individual is licensed, |
15 | provided the host rifle or shotgun to which the device is attached is permitted pursuant to ยง 20-13- |
16 | 13. |
17 | (b) No city, town, committee, board or state or local agency may enact rules, regulations |
18 | or ordinance requiring or in any other manner mandating the use of a device that will silence, |
19 | suppress, or muffle the sound or natural report of a rifle or shotgun. |
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1 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | |
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1 | This act would allow an individual to lawfully possess a device that would silence the |
2 | sound of a natural report of a rifle or shotgun to hunt game, as long as the host rifle or shotgun is |
3 | allowed. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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