Post by Logan on Jun 18, 2016 21:46:57 GMT -6
Senate votes to keep guns out of hands of felony domestic abusers
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Senate voted 38-0 Wednesday to approve legislation sponsored by Sen. Cynthia Coyne to take guns out of the hands of perpetrators of domestic violence.
The legislation would require the surrender of guns within 24 hours by anyone who is either convicted of a felony charge of domestic violence, or pleads no contest.
Federal law already prohibits those convicted of domestic violence, not just felonies but also misdemeanors, from owning guns. But that law has no mechanism that compels them to actually turn them in or to check to see if they own any.
Coyne’s bill would improve upon that law by requiring courts to issue an order that guns be surrendered to either a law enforcement agency or a federally licensed firearms dealer by anyone convicted of felony domestic assault, within 24 hours of conviction or plea. The defendant would have 48 hours to return to the court his or her proof of surrender issued by the law enforcement agency or firearms dealer, or to attest that at the time of conviction, he or she did not own any firearms.
Read more: www.valleybreeze.com/2016-06-15/pawtucket/senate-votes-keep-guns-out-hands-felony-domestic-abusers
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Senate voted 38-0 Wednesday to approve legislation sponsored by Sen. Cynthia Coyne to take guns out of the hands of perpetrators of domestic violence.
The legislation would require the surrender of guns within 24 hours by anyone who is either convicted of a felony charge of domestic violence, or pleads no contest.
Federal law already prohibits those convicted of domestic violence, not just felonies but also misdemeanors, from owning guns. But that law has no mechanism that compels them to actually turn them in or to check to see if they own any.
Coyne’s bill would improve upon that law by requiring courts to issue an order that guns be surrendered to either a law enforcement agency or a federally licensed firearms dealer by anyone convicted of felony domestic assault, within 24 hours of conviction or plea. The defendant would have 48 hours to return to the court his or her proof of surrender issued by the law enforcement agency or firearms dealer, or to attest that at the time of conviction, he or she did not own any firearms.
Read more: www.valleybreeze.com/2016-06-15/pawtucket/senate-votes-keep-guns-out-hands-felony-domestic-abusers