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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS

     Introduced By: Senators LaMountain, Quezada, McKenney, Euer, and Burke

     Date Introduced: February 01, 2023

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 11-47-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons"

is hereby amended to read as follows:

     11-47-15. Proof of ability required for license or permit.

     No person shall be issued a license or permit to carry a pistol or revolver concealed upon

his or her the person pursuant to § 11-47-11 or § 11-47-18 until he or she has the person has

successfully completed a firearm safety course taught by any person certified by a nationally-

recognized organization that fosters safety in firearms, or any state certified or National Rifle

Association certified firearms instructor, or a certified military firearms instructor, or by a private

or public education institution or a firearms training school, including a hunter safety course

sponsored by the department of environmental management, that provides, at a minimum, a total

of at least two (2) hours of training at a firing range and a total of at least four (4) hours of classroom

or remote instruction on topics to include, but not limited to, live fire demonstrations, safely loading

and unloading firearms, clearing jams and malfunctions, safe storage, proper firing methods and at

least one hour of instruction by an attorney licensed in this state on the law of self-defense.

Additionally, no license or permit shall be issued until the applicant has presented certification as

prescribed in § 11-47-16 that he or she has the person has qualified with a pistol or revolver of a

caliber equal to or larger than the one he or she intends the person intends to carry, that qualification

to consist of firing a score of one hundred ninety-five (195) or better out of a possible score of three

hundred (300) with thirty (30) consecutive rounds at a distance of twenty-five (25) yards on the

army “L” target, firing “slow” fire. The “slow” fire course shall allow ten (10) minutes for the firing

of each of three (3) ten (10) shot strings.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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     This act would require any applicant for a license or permit to carry a concealed weapon

to successfully complete a firearms safety course taught by a nationally-recognized organization

that fosters safety in firearms, or any state certified or National Rifle Association certified firearms

instructor, or a certified military firearms instructor, or by a private or public education institution

or a firearms training school, including a hunter safety course sponsored by the department of

environmental management and at least one hour of instruction by an attorney licensed in this state

on the law of self-defense.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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