9 were wounded in a shooting on Carolina Avenue in Providence PHOTO: GoLocal
Just 90 minutes after a gunman killed 9 men and women in San Jose, Linda Finn of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence appeared on GoLocal LIVE to discuss what the group says is the need for the passage of critical legislation in Rhode Island.
Finn says the majority of members of the House and Senate support the passage of legislation and that it is critical for supporters to focus pressure on Senate President Dominick Ruggerio and Speaker of the House Joe Shekarchi.
There are three major bills that have a strong potential for passage in 2021 legislation that bans high capacity magazines, another bill that places restrictions on straw purchasers, and legislation to prohibit guns in schools.
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Four shootings in four days have rattled Rhode Island. Police have seized twice as many illegal firearms so far this week as they did last year.
On Monday morning, Rhode Islandâs US Congressional delegation joined Governor Dan McKee, Attorney General Peter Neronha, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Nonviolence Institute Executive Director Cedric Huntley, and Moms Demand Action activist Diana Garlington at the Nonviolence Instituteâs headquarters.
There, Huntley said the last several days have âjust not been normal.â
âWeâve been working around the clock to help those victims, those families that have been hurt by violence,â said Huntley. âThereâs no words for what we see.â
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