Rhode Island
Rhode Island lawmakers to consider several firearm bills
(WJAR) — Rhode Island lawmakers are considering several firearm bills on Wednesday.
The House Judiciary Committee will discuss these bills after two mass shootings happened in the region in just six months.
It’s also been nearly a year since lawmakers banned the sale and manufacturing of assault weapons in Rhode Island.
Some of those Bills include:
- A ban on buying more than one gun in a 30-day period
- Requiring anyone looking to possess a firearm excluding police and military, to complete and pass firearm safety training
- One that would ban people with felony convictions from owning a gun
- There is also a bill that would make it permissible for students, professors or employees of any public or private university to carry, and possess a stun gun or pepper spray for purposes of self-defense
One that may not be talked about today but has been introduced, a bill that would outright ban the possession of military-style semiautomatic guns.
Second Amendment advocates are expected to don yellow shirts and pack the state house for the hearing to make their voices heard.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Police Task Force Arrests 2 On Gun Charges: Cops
Lixeandro Andrade, 28, and Zahir Fortes, 19, were both arrested Monday on charges of carrying a pistol or firearm without a license and large capacity feeding devices prohibited, the state police said in a media release.
Andrade and Fortes were processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks and arraigned, according to the release.
Rhode Island
MA Woman Charged In Rhode Island With Stealing More Than $10K: Cops
Awilda Perez Goris was arrested shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday on charges of obtaining more than $10,000 under false pretenses and accessing a computer for fraudulent purposes, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.
Perez Goris, a resident of Uxbridge, was processed at the Wickford Barracks, arraigned and issued a notice to appear in court, according to the release.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Foundation is offering three composers $30,000 grants — applications due Aug. 10 – What’s Up Newp
Rhode Island composers have until August 10 to apply for $30,000 fellowships from the Rhode Island Foundation, with three grants available to emerging and mid-career musicians looking to advance their work.
The grants come through the Foundation’s Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund and are unrestricted — meaning recipients can use the money however best serves their artistic growth, whether that’s creating new work, purchasing equipment, traveling, researching, or training in new technologies and techniques.
Applicants must have lived in Rhode Island for at least 12 months before the deadline. Current high school and college students, graduate students enrolled in degree programs, and composers at advanced levels of career achievement are not eligible. Submissions may be in any genre, including chamber, choral, contemporary, electronic, experimental, jazz, opera, musical theater, symphonic, and world music.
Recipients are selected by a panel of out-of-state industry professionals managed by the Artist Communities Alliance. Previous fellows include cellist Adrienne Taylor, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Courtney Swain, and electroacoustic composer Kristina Warren.
The MacColl Johnson Fellowships rotate among composers, writers, and visual artists on a three-year cycle; next year’s round will go to writers. The fund was established in 2003 in honor of Rhode Islanders Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson, both devoted to the arts throughout their lives.
More information and applications are at artistcommunities.org.
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