Please Stand-Up and Make Your Voice Heard!
The Rhode Island House Committee on Judiciary will consider microstamping legislation next week on Thursday, April 24. House Bill 7834, sponsored by State Representatives Joseph Almeida (D-12), Edith Ajello (D-3), Anastasia Williams (D-9), Grace Diaz (D-11), and Joanne Giannini (D-7) would ban the sale of semi-automatic handguns not equipped with so-called "microstamping" technology.
Microstamping is an unproven technology that would require identifying marks to be etched into the firing pin and breech face of a firearm in such a manner that these marks are transferred to the cartridge case upon firing. The technology can easily be defeated with common household tools, has no public safety value, and will add substantially to the cost of the firearm. This proposed legislation would also make it illegal to alter a firearm equipped with microstamping technology. It would put law-abiding gun owners in legal jeopardy for simply repairing a firearm or replacing a damaged or broken firing pin.
H7834 will be heard Thursday, April 24 in Room 205 of the State House. It will be considered at the Rise of the House, whenever business for the day ends, usually between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Please attend the hearing and show your opposition to this ill-conceived legislation. If you are unable to attend, please contact the members of the House Committee on Judiciary and respectfully urge them to oppose H7834. Contact information can be found below.
State House Committee on Judiciary
State Representative Donald J. Lally Jr. (D-33) (Chairperson)
(401) 792-9090
[email protected]
State Representative Gregory J. Schadone (D-54) (Co-Vice Chairperson)
(401) 354-8300
State Representative Timothy A. Williamson (D-25) (Co-Vice Chairperson)
(401) 823-9200
[email protected]
State Representative Edith H. Ajello (D-3) (Secretary)
(401) 274-7078
[email protected]
State Representative Jon D. Brien (D-50)
(401) 766-9887
[email protected]
State Representative David A. Caprio (D-34)
(401) 861-6200
[email protected]
State Representative Bruce J. Long (R-74)
(401) 222-2259
[email protected]
State Representative Nicholas A. Mattiello (D-15)
(401) 461-5800
[email protected]
State Representative William J. McManus (R-46)
(401) 727-1658
[email protected]
State Representative J. Patrick O'Neill (D-59)
(401) 475-0265
[email protected]
State Representative Peter G. Palumbo (D-16)
(401) 785-2882
[email protected]
State Representative Amy G. Rice (D-72)
(401) 841-0505
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State Representative Joseph H. Scott (D-39)
(401) 782-1200
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State Representative Raymond J. Sullivan Jr. (D-29)
(401) 828-9207
[email protected]
State Representative Donna M. Walsh (D-36)
(401) 364-6433
[email protected]
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