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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS

     

     Introduced By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin

     Date Introduced: April 10, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 11-47-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons"

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is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     11-47-9. Persons exempt from restrictions. -- (a) The provisions of section §11-47-8

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shall not apply to sheriffs,; deputy sheriffs,; the superintendent and members of the state police,;

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members of the Rhode Island airport police department,; members of the Rhode Island state

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marshals,; Rhode Island state fire marshal,; chief deputy state fire marshals,; deputy state fire

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marshals assigned to the bomb squad,; and those assigned to the investigation unit,; Providence

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fire department arson investigators, provided that the investigator receiving the permit is a

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graduate of a police-training academy; correctional officers, within the department of

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corrections,; members of the city or town police force,; capitol police investigators of the

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department of attorney general appointed pursuant to section §42-9-8.1,; the witness protection

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coordinator for the witness protection review board as set forth in chapter 30 of title 12 and

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subject to the minimum qualifications of section §42-9-8.1,; and automobile theft investigators of

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the Rhode Island state police pursuant to section §31-50-1,; railroad police while traveling to and

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from official assignments or while on assignments,; conservation officers,; or other duly

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appointed law enforcement officers,; nor to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine

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Corps of the United States, the National Guard, or organized reserves, when on duty,; nor to

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members of organizations by law authorized to purchase or receive firearms from the United

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States or this state, provided these members are at, or going to or from, their places of assembly

 

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or target practice,; nor to officers or employees of the United States authorized by law to carry a

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concealed firearm,; nor to any civilian guard or criminal investigator carrying sidearms or a

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concealed firearm in the performance of his or her official duties under the authority of the

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commanding officer of the military establishment in the state of Rhode Island where he or she is

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employed by the United States,; nor to any civilian guard carrying sidearms or a concealed

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firearm in the performance of his or her official duties under the authority of the adjutant general

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where he or she is employed guarding a national guard facility, provided, that the commanding

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officer of the military establishment shall have on file with the attorney general of this state a list

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of the names and addresses of all civilian guards and criminal investigators so authorized,; nor to

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duly authorized military organizations when on duty,; nor to members when at, or going to or

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from, their customary places of assembly,; nor to any individual employed in the capacity of

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warden, associate warden, major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, correctional officer or investigator

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at any project owned or operated by a municipal detention facility corporation, including the

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Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility,; nor to the regular and/or ordinary transportation of pistols

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or revolvers as merchandise,; nor to any person while transporting a pistol, or revolvers, unloaded

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from the place of purchase to their residence, or place of business, from their residence to their

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place of business or from their place of business to their residence,; or to a Ffederal Ffirearms

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licensee for the purpose of sale, to or from a bona fide gunsmith, or firearms repair facility, to any

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police station or other location designated as a site of a bona fide "gun buy-back" program, but

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only if said pistol or revolver is unloaded and any ammunition for said pistol or revolver is not

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readily or directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such vehicle while transporting

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same and further provided, that in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the

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passenger compartment, the firearm or the ammunition shall be stored in a locked container.

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      (b) Persons exempted by the provisions of this section from the provisions of section

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§11-47-8 shall have the right to carry concealed firearms everywhere within this state; provided,

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that this shall not be construed as giving the right to carry concealed firearms to a person

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transporting firearms as merchandise or as household or business goods.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS

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     This act would permit Providence fire department arson investigators to carry firearms

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statewide.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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