Microstamping Bill Sent to House Finance Committee in Rhode Island!

Please Contact the Committee Members Today! 

House Bill 7834, the "microstamping" proposal 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) has been referred to the House Finance Committee after being pulled from the agenda of the House Judiciary Committee last week.  Sensing a possible lack of support in the Judiciary Committee, typically the panel with expertise on firearms-related legislation, the bill's sponsors had it referred to another committee where H7834 could get a hearing and be voted on at any time.  

H7834 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.

Please contact the members of the House Finance Committee TODAY and respectfully urge them to oppose H7834!

State Representative Steven M. Costantino (D-8) – Chairperson
(401) 521-1313
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State Representative Kenneth Carter (D-31) – Vice Chair
(401) 294-9183
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State Representative William San Bento Jr. (D-58) – Secretary
(401) 727-0276
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State Representative Joseph S. Almeida (D-12)
(401) 467-7033
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State Representative Raymond C. Church (D-48)
(401) 762-1875
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State Representative Elizabeth M. Dennigan (D-62)
(401) 434-8525
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State Representative J. Russell Jackson (D-73)
(401) 848-7979
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State Representative Robert B. Jacquard (D-17)
(401) 943-7799
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State Representative Peter L. Lewiss (D-37)
(401) 596-9951
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State Representative Victor G. Moffitt (R-28)
(401) 821-1299
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State Representative Carol A. Mumford (R-41)
(401) 647-3251
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State Representative Eileen S. Naughton (D-21)
(401) 738-7928
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State Representative Henry C. Rose (D-63)
(401) 435-5921
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State Representative John A. Savage (R-65)
(401) 437-0466
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State Representative John P. Shanley Jr. (D-35)
(401) 789-9055
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