OUR INDEPTH COVERAGE---
OF THE ONGOING GUN DEBATE HERE
IN RHODE ISLAND--
CONTINUES.
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TODAY--
GOVERNOR GINA RAIMONDO AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL PETER NERONHA--
INTRODUCED SOME NEW BILLS---
AIMED AT CRACKING DOWN ON GUN
VIOLENCE.
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THESE PLANS--
ARE BEING CALLED COMMON SENSE
GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION.
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MOLLY
OBRIEN IS LIVE IN PROVIDENCE--
WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO
KEEP RHODE ISLANDERS SAFE.
MOLLY?
THE GOVERNOR SAID OUTRIGHT GUN
CONTROL IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE
AND WHILE SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN
MADE MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
TODAY IN A ROOM FULL OF GUN
CONTROL AND 2ND AMENDMENT
ADVOCATES THE GOVERNOR
INTRODUCED FOUR NEW GUN CONTROL
BILLS SHE BELIEVES WILL SAVE
LIVES.
THURSDAY GOVERNOR GINA RAIMONDO
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL PETER
NERONHA UNVEILED THEIR PACKAGE
OF COMPREHENSIVE GUN SAFETY
REFORMS.
THESE BILLS AND MORE TO COME WIL
HELP SAVE LIVES
LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLITICIANS AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS JOINED THE
EVENT...
MEMBERS OF THE 2ND AMENDMENT
COALITION STANDING QUIETLY IN
BACK.
RAIMONDO SAYS IT'S EVERYONE'S
OBLIGATION TO DO MORE FOR COMMON
SENSE GUN CONTROL.
"THIS IS NOT ABOUT TAKING AWAY
GUNS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
LAWFUL."
NEW LEGISLATION IS AIMED AT
KEEPING SCHOOLS AND STREETS
SAFE.
PROPOSALS INCLUDE
-PREVENTING CONCEALED WEAPONS ON
SCHOOL GROUNDS,
-REQUIRING FIREARMS TO BE SAFELY
STORED
-BANNING LOADED RIFLES AND
SHOTGUNS IN CARS ON PUBLIC ROADS
--AND BANNING STRAW PURCHASERS--
MAKING IT A CRIME TO BUY A
FIREARM FOR SOMONE WHO'S NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE ONE
2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ADVOCATES
FEEL THEIR VOICES ARE NOT BEING
ADVOCATES FEEL THEIR 2ND
AMENDMENT RIGHTS
HAVE ONE
WHO'S NOT ALLOWED TO FIREARM FOR
SOMONE A CRIME TO BUY A FIREARM
FOR SOMONE WHO'S NOT ALLOWED TO
HAVE ONE
2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ADVOCATES
FEEL THEIR VOICES ARE NOT BEING
HEARD...
"THEY'VE NEVER REALLY COME UP TO
US AND ASKED US IF WE'VE HAD ANY
SOLUTIONS, OR ANY ISSUES WITH
REGARDS TO GUN SAFETY, THEY JUST
BASICALLY TALK TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL AND SAY THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE. AND
EVERY YEAR THESE GUN PROVISIONS
FAIL BECAUSE THEY'RE NTO REALLY
COMMON SENSE, THEY ONLY HURT LAW
OBIDING CITIZEN."
SOME OF THE PROPOSED BILLS MAY
SOUND FAMILIAR... A FEW WERE
INTRODUCED LAST AND WENT
KNOWHERE.
COMING UP NEW TONIGHT AT
6...WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE BILL INVOLVING CONCEALED
WEAPONS AT SCHOOLS.
SL EWN.
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MEANWHILE, GOVERNOR GINA
RAIMONDO AND ATTORNEY GENERAL
PETER NERONHA HAVE INTRODUCED
FOUR NEW GUN SAFETY BILLS.
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THE GOVERNOR CALLS THE
MEASURES---- "COMMON SENSE."
BUT OPPONENTS SAY THEIR VOICES
HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD.
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER MOLLY
O'BRIEN CONTINUES OUR IN-DEPTH
COVERAGE, LIVE FROM PROVIDENCE.
THE GOVERNOR SAID IT'S OUR
OBLIGATION TO GET GUN CONTROL
RIGHT.....
RAIMONDO PROPOSED A SAFE SCHOOL
BILL..BUT OPPONENTS SAY IT WILL
DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
THURSDAY GOVERNOR GINA RAIMONDO
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL PETER
NERONHA UNVEILED THEIR PACKAGE
OF COMPREHENSIVE GUN SAFETY
REFORMS.
FOUR BILLS INTRODUCED...
THE SAFE SCHOOLS BILL WOULD BAN
THOSE WITH CONCEALED CARRY
PERMITS FROM BRINGING A WEAPON
ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
"We're one of only three or four
states that allows concealed
carry weapons in schools, every
parent should know that. That
right now in their children's
schools someone could walk in
with a concealed carry weapon.
That's not safe. "
THE AG SAYING HE SUPPORTS TAKING
ACTION ON COMMON SENSE GUN
CONTROL.
I don't want them to lose their
lives because we're afraid to
make the tough decisions that
will keep them safe.
SECOND AMENDMENT ADVOCATES IN
ATTENDANCE SAY THE PROPOSED BILL
ACTUALLY HURTS LAW ABIDING
CITIZENS AND THEY AREN'T THE
PROBLEM.
"One of the one's we've always
opposed and it's an extremely
bad idea is the gun free zones
in schools, It does nothing at
all for gun safety, for
children's safety, it actually
make it worse. Getting rid of
security and putting a sign
outside that says guns are not
allowed here, doesn't do
anything."
THE GOVERNOR AND AG ALSO ISSUING
THEIR SUPPORT FOR AN ASSAULT
WEAPONS BAN AND A HIGH CAPACITY
MAGAZINE BAN. VERSIONS OF THOSE
BILLS ARE ALREADY IN DISCUSSION.
BUT HAVE LONG BEEN OPPOSED BY
BOTH THE HOUSE SPEAKER AND
SENATE PRESIDENT.
LIVE IN PROVIDENCE, MOLLY