More people in the United States died by gun suicide in 2023 than any year on record — more than by gun homicide, accidental ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey defended her record from criticism from her two Republican challengers for governor ...

The author says one study reports the mortality rate in U.S. is 9.5 times higher than Canada, which has the second-highest ...

It took 10 years, but Rhode Island politicians finally found a way to ban the sale, manufacturing and distribution of certain ...

According to the AMA report, our state has among the half-dozen worst pediatric firearms death rates nationally since the ...

The ruling was a victory for gun-control advocates and Democratic state attorneys general who argued that teenagers should ...

It’s progress,” said Melissa Carden, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence. “But we know that ...

In a separate case, Maryland gun owners asked the appellate court to strike down a 2023 state law that prohibits the possession of firearms in 15 types of locations, including museums, health care ...

New legislation bans "red flag" gun confiscation orders and stops local gun buyback programs. These new gun laws will take effect on September 1, 2025.

Rhode Island now joins a growing list of states — including California, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts — that have passed laws banning assault weapons. While these laws often face legal ...

The gun advocates' attorney, Raymond Mark DiGuiseppe, argued those laws were targeting "bad actors" and noncitizens that the state wanted too keep guns away from. "What this law is doing," DiGuiseppe ...