Chapter 520

2007 -- H 5964

Enacted 10/30/07

A N A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS

Introduced By: Representative John J. McCauley

Date Introduced: March 01, 2007

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

is hereby amended to read as follows:

11-47-9. Persons exempt from restrictions. -- The provisions of section 11-47-8 shall

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

members of the Rhode Island airport police department, assistant director (adult services),

deputy assistant director, associate directors, members of the Rhode Island state marshals,

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

assigned to the bomb squad, and those assigned to the investigation unit, correctional

officers, all within the department of corrections, members of the city or town police force,

capitol police investigators of the department of attorney general appointed pursuant to

section 42-9-8.1, the witness protection coordinator for the witness protection review board

as set forth in chapter 30 of title 12 and subject to the minimum qualifications of section 42-

9-8.1, the director, assistant director, and other inspectors and agents at the Rhode Island state

fugitive task force appointed pursuant to section 12-6-7.2, railroad police while traveling to

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

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

Marine Corps of the United States, the National Guard, or organized reserves, when on duty,

nor to members of organizations by law authorized to purchase or receive firearms from the

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

assembly or target practice, nor to officers or employees of the United States authorized by

law to carry a concealed firearm, nor to any civilian guard or criminal investigator carrying

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

authority of the commanding officer of the military establishment in the state of Rhode Island

where he or she is employed by the United States, nor to any civilian guard carrying sidearms

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

the adjutant general where he or she is employed guarding a national guard facility, provided,

that the commanding officer of the military establishment shall have on file with the attorney

general of this state a list of the names and addresses of all civilian guards and criminal

investigators so authorized, nor to duly authorized military organizations when on duty, nor

to members when at or going to or from their customary places of assembly, nor to the

regular and/or ordinary transportation of pistols as merchandise, nor to any person while

carrying a pistol unloaded and securely wrapped from the place of purchase to his or her

home or place of business, or in moving goods from one place of abode or business to

another. Persons exempted by the provisions of this section from the provisions of section

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

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

person transporting firearms as merchandise or as household or business goods.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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